In a move to ensure standards of quality, efficacy and safety in medical products, India’s Central Drug Standard Control Organization has revised its guidelines on bioequivalence and bioavailability for pharmaceuticals.... Read More
Home to a booming population and low costs, India is rapidly becoming a preferred destination for drug companies to conduct clinical trials quickly and cheaply. Performing clinical trials in India... Read More
...lowered costs of conducting trials in India, thus, providing incentives to perform clinical trials in India. However, the proposed amendment to Schedule Y has also raised concerns regarding ethics. Many... Read More
...in the country. Currently, India does not have a regulatory body to oversee medical devices and equipment. The need for such a system is obvious in order to regulate the... Read More
...drugs in India are regulated under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940. India presently does not have extensive laws regulating medical devices in the country. Since drug-eluting stents have... Read More
...generically manufactured by non-patent holding companies. Poor countries can then purchase generic forms of patented drugs from manufacturers in countries such as India. With the rejection of the drug pact,... Read More
...India. In late January 2003, IFPMA accused the Indian pharmaceutical industry of producing fake drugs while drug manufacturers in India retorted with claims of “mudslinging” by the IFPMA. However, India... Read More
No drug can be imported, manufactured, stocked, sold or distributed in India unless it meets the quality and other standards laid down in the Drug and Cosmetics Act 1940 (DCA).... Read More
India is the world’s second most populous country after China, with a total population of about 1 billion. While much of India is rural and poor (over 70 percent of... Read More
...percent of the market in India. Foreign medical device companies are also helped by further decreases in protectionism of medical equipment imports to India. Liberal import policies are not new... Read More