New Delhi: The central government has extended the deadline for pharma and medical device company bosses to file their legal self-declarations assuring the government that they will not indulge in unethical marketing practices to promote their drugs. These companies can now file the self-declaration undertaking till 31 July 2024, wherein top executives from these firms must assure the government that …
New Delhi: The Centre wants the heads of all pharmaceutical companies to submit a ‘self-declaration’ that their firms are following the Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices for FY24-25. Government ensuring ethical conduct The union government released the code in March with the objective to bring greater transparency and ensure ethical conduct in the marketing practices of pharmaceutical companies. Self-Declaration …
Published : Oct 06, 2022 09:40 IST The Hippocratic Oath aside, there are laws in place to check unethical doctors. The demand for a statutory code has been a long-standing one and was made again recently after the Central Board of Direct Taxes issued a press release on July 13 regarding raids it carried out on a Bengaluru-based group “engaged …
The Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Health Care has expressed anguish and disappointment over the recent reply by the Minister of Chemicals and fertilizers Sadanada Gowda in the Parliament that there is no decision yet from the part of the government to make Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices mandatory. “UCPMP should be made mandatory to bring fairness in marketing …