EDITORS EMULSION 1st Feb 2019

Greetings!

We have constantly briefed our readers on Antimicrobial resistance (AMR or AR) in our past issues and this time too carry a feature on it. Resistant microbes are more difficult to treat, requiring alternative medications or higher doses of antimicrobials. These approaches may be more expensive, more toxic or both. Read more about this top threat in PSM India capsules section and how it has become a global concern.

While the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Union health and family welfare ministry to rectify Clinical Establishment Amendment Rules, 2018, manufacturers now have to pay penalty for the entire batch if a single drug is found substandard; government may fix trade margins on so-called orphan drugs used to treat rare diseases and put ceiling to curb prices of patented medicines; catch the latest drug laws and policy implementations in this issue of The Prescription.

Happenings in the health sector in India and around the world are reflected under National and Global Injections respectively while doctors having to pay for inflated hospital bills, botched up surgeries, limit on profits of private hospitals and launch of four unique tools to ensure safe medical devices in the country make up pharma injections.

We constantly endeavour not only to collate important information from the health and medicine world but also to create a connect with consumers all over. We welcome articles and write ups from our readers and are glad to feature them under the section titled Subscriber’s Symptoms. This issue features a contribution on ADR data for patient Safety. Mark your calendar with the upcoming events listed in our newsletter and remember to take your laughter dose in the end.

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Stay Healthy. Stay Safe.

Pooja Khaitan

Editor-in-Chief,

The Prescription