Drug Regulation
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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
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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
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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
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Hockey, Asia Cup, India vs Indonesia, as it happened: India win 16-0 to go through to the Super 4
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Behind Gyanvapi’s women petitioners, a network of men who have long fought for Hindutva causes
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Delhi HC judgment on oxytocin calls out government on its arbitrary order
A close look shows that the judgment relied on several file notings saying that was no data to support the allegation of oxytocin misuse.
Prashant Reddy
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Delhi High Court lifts Centre’s restrictions on manufacture and sale of oxytocin by private firms
The court called the decision arbitrary and unreasonable and said it was without scientific basis.
Scroll Staff
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South Africa’s legalisation of cannabis is also a step away from its colonial and apartheid past
The South African Constitutional Court has paved the way for the decriminalisation of marijuana for private use.
Thembisa Waetjen, The Conversation
Video
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‘You are doing nothing’: Democrat leader interrupts Texas governor at press conference over gun laws
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‘Single biggest learning experience of my life’: Rahul Gandhi about father Rajiv’s assassination
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Watch: Indo-Tibetan border police play nostalgic childhood game after snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern explains how her country implemented gun control
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Watch: This girl with an amputated leg has to hop to school on one foot in a Bihar town
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India’s ban on 328 drugs is one small step. Now, a giant leap is needed to reform the drug regulator
Pharmaceutical companies continue to challenge the new ban, some claiming that their drugs were approved before new rules were framed in 1988.
Dhvani Mehta
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Supreme Court exempts Saridon from government’s ban on fixed dose combination drugs
Last week, the Centre had banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of 328 such drugs with immediate effect.
Scroll Staff
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Delhi High Court allows pharma major Wockhardt to sell its fixed dose combination drug till Tuesday
The company’s anti-inflammatory drug, Ace Proxyvon, was one of the 328 drugs that the Union Health Ministry had banned.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Watch: Teaser of new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out
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Health ministry bans 328 fixed dose combination drugs with immediate effect
Around 6,000 brands of drugs, with a combined market size of between Rs 2,000 crore and Rs 2,500 crore, are likely to be affected.
Scroll Staff
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Delhi High Court stays restrictions on manufacture and sale of oxytocin till October
The Union Health Ministry had in April prohibited the import, manufacture and distribution of the drug for domestic use.
Scroll Staff
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Centre allows sale of Oxytocin by private retail chemists from September 1
However, the government’s notification does not mention any relaxation of the ban on manufacture of the life-saving drug by private firms.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Hockey, Asia Cup: India defeat Indonesia 16-0 to sneak into Super 4s ahead of Pakistan
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