India, Oct. 23 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has constituted a Committee to comprehensively examine the existing regulatory framework governing pharmaceutical marketing practices and recommend measures to strengthen oversight, monitoring and enforcement mechanisms to curb unethical practices in the pharmaceutical sector.
Dr. M. Srinivas, Member, NITI Aayog has been named as the Chairperson of the committee with Smt. Preeti Sudan, Former Union Health Secretary, and Dr. Naresh Trehan, CMD, Medanta, as its members. The Committee will have to submit its recommendations within a period of two months from the date of its first meeting, after undertaking...