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Drug Regulation

Drug abuse should be treated as a health and social issue – not a criminal one

A case for decriminalisation.

Kristyn Anderson, The Conversation
&
Kirstin Weerdenburg, The Conversation
· Sep 19, 2020 · 09:30 pm
Health ministry notifies new rules for drugs and clinical trials

The aim is to make faster accessibility of new drugs to Indian population, Drugs Controller General of India S Eswara Reddy said.

Scroll Staff
· Mar 26, 2019 · 02:42 pm
Bad news for patients as the government weakens the drug price regulator and meddles with price caps

A new committee has been set up to make recommendations to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority and, in effect, take over its function.

S Srinivasan
· Mar 08, 2019 · 02:30 pm

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