EDITORS EMULSION 1st Jan 2019

Wishing all our readers and their family a Very Bright, Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2019! May we step into this year with new hopes, renewed aspirations and magical dreams and the capacity to fulfil them all.

While the coming months would see stricter implementation of quality standards and increased awareness of the risks of online pharmacy, NITI Aayog has pitched for reform in the Health sector. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will soon consider a proposal that makes it mandatory for hospitals to bill medicines and hospitalisation charges separately, a move that could help plug any leakage in GST collection from healthcare providers. Such a measure is also seen benefiting consumers as it will make hospital bills more transparent.

If a patient did not get a particular medicine from drug distribution counter, which was listed in free medicine scheme, he has the right to lodge his complaint at vigilance or supervisory committee at RMSCL level; revision of guidelines for tackling NSQ drugs and uniform implementation of new labelling norms all make up interesting reads under PSM India Capsules and Drug Laws And Policy Injections.

The year 2019 shall see positive changes with a major turnaround for the Indian Pharma sector and industry and regulators collaborating to understand patient requirements. Read more on this under Pharma Injections while catching up on drug hauls and drug safety guidelines under Drug Dopes.

While India wants China to allow imports of drugs cleared by US and Europe, over 100 new China developed medicines have been certified and are on sale in the US. National Injections and Global Injections throw insight on the above two happenings while also featuring an interesting article on how AI can predict risk of infection after surgery. 

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 by Prof. Rex Sengupta on the end of wrong treatment. 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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Pooja Khaitan

Editor-in-Chief,

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