The government has implemented a new Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) to control unethical practices in the pharma industry. The code prohibits companies from offering gifts, workshops, or free samples to healthcare professionals and aims for an ethical transformation.
A Hong Kong-based agency under the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Monday introduced an AI model based on Meta Platform's Llama 2.0. Researchers trained and fine-tuned the model with papers, medical journals and manuals to act as a surgery consultant of sorts for doctors, said Liu Hongbin, the center's executive director.
The Supreme Court last week raised concerns over the wide variation in treatment costs between government and private healthcare centres. It directed the Centre to expeditiously fix treatment charges to be paid by patients, giving six weeks for the same. The SC criticised the Centre's failure to specify the range of rates within which private hospitals and clinics can charge patients.
Domestic medical device makers urge the government to impose up to 15% import duty to reduce reliance on inbound shipments. Imports have increased by over 21% in the past 12 months, reaching ₹61,000 crore. The industry specifically highlights the steep increase in imports from the US, Germany, the Netherlands, China, and Singapore. To address this, the industry calls for a predictable tariff policy, correction of inverted duty, and the imposition of a 5% health cess on remaining medical devices. They also expect an increase in custom duty to a nominal 10-15% in the Budget.
The Standing National Committee on Medicines (SNCM), in its recommendation, included coronary stents in the NLEM, 2022 in two categories -- Bare Metal Stents (BMS) and Drug Eluting Stents (DES) which include metallic DES and bioresorbable vascular scaffold (VBS)/biodegradable stents.
The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it was reexamining the surrogacy legislation modification from the previous year that prohibited the use of donor gametes, including as ova, egg cells, or sperm, and promised to make a ruling shortly.
The government has announced that investments totalling Rs 25,813 crore have been infused into the pharmaceutical sector, leading to the addition of 56,171 new jobs under the production-linked incentive scheme till September this year. In its year-end review, the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) also highlighted the successful accomplishment of the 'Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana,' meeting its goal of establishing 10,000 retail outlets in 2023.
Several DMD patients are fighting a legal battle to get medical treatment. The parents, most of whom cannot afford the expensive treatment, asserted that they were coming to Delhi to focus the government's attention on their “dying children”.
Over the two days, talks by prominent healthcare specialists, panel discussions on key themes by experts from different sectors of healthcare, alongside networking opportunities to foster connections and partnerships will take place.
The total CHC health melas reported from September 17 to till now is 26793. As many as 110.64 lakh patients were registered and 34.59 lakh patients consulted at the special OPD. Also, 26,675 major surgeries and 94,433 minor surgeries were held.
The court has issued similar orders in past years, with limited effect as state authorities report inability to control the burning despite fines and sometimes due to farmers' hostility towards officials. Delhi has stopped local construction, closed primary schools till Nov. 10 and will impose restrictions on use of vehicles next week to fight pollution, but it wants its neighbouring states to control crop residue burning.
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