PSM INDIA Founder , Mr.Bejon Misra addresses the FIP Symposium on Counterfeit Medicines
Hyderabad ,6 September : The Partnership for Safe Medicines India founder Head , Mr. Bejon Misra addressed the gathering at the Federation for International Pharmaceuticals (FIP) symposium on Counterfeit medicines. He urged all stake holders to work together to educate and help protect patients around the globe.
FIP President inaugurates PSM INDIA stall at the World Pharma Congress Exhibition
Hyderabad, 4 Sept. : The Partnership for Safe Medicines India stall at the FIP was inaugurated by The International Pharmaceutical Federation, (FIP) President , Dr.Michel Buchmann . The Indian Pharmaceutical Association,(IPA) Chairman, Mr. Bhojraj Suresh , PSM India Chairman , Mr.Wajahat Habibullah , PSM India founder, Mr.Bejon Misra and other prominent dignitaries were present too.
India to thwart attempt by MNCs to get generics tagged spurious by WHO
NEW DELHI: With multinational pharmaceutical companies approaching the World Health Organisation (WHO) once again to formulate guidelines which would put generic versions of patented drugs in the same bracket as unsafe and ineffective drugs, India has geared up to protect its generic (off-patent drugs) industry. In a WHO meeting scheduled later in the week, the country is prepared to thwart the MNCs’ attempts to get the organisation make definitions of counterfeits and spurious drugs interchangeable, a commerce department official has said.
India seeks new WHO policy for fake drugs
The government has urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to address the issue of spurious, substandard drugs through an effective alternative instead of confusing it with the 'counterfeit medical products'.
Tackling drug fraud
With increasing R&D costs and marketing expenses, fraud in the pharmaceutical industry seems to have become an inevitable ingredient in the industry. Developing markets are becoming more prone to the three ills of corporate governance— fakes, fraud and forgery. A preventive-check mechanism for creating an anti-fraud environment and proactively addressing the risks is the need of the hour even, while there are increasing regulations for global pharmaceutical companies in the developed markets.
Drugs and Cosmetics Rule
Definition of spurious drugs
9B. Spurious drugs. -- For the purposes of this Chapter, a drug shall be deemed to be spurious—
List Alike, Sound Alike Drugs
Mixing up drug names because they look or sound alike — like this trio — is among the most common types of medical mistakes, and it can be deadly. Now new efforts are aiming to stem the confusion, and make patients more aware of the risk.
International Drug Safety
Patient safety is being compromised due to counterfeit drugs. Around the world, patients are encountering fake medicines. The packaging seems right, the tablets or capsules look the same—but these fakes are really imitations of government-approved drugs created in unsanitary or unsterile conditions with unsafe manufacturing practices.
Haryana Drugs
Haryana cracks down chemists selling habit-forming drugs illegally to youth.
The north Indian state of Haryana has boosted its effort to tackle the growing incidence of misuse of habit forming drugs among youth sold by certain errant chemists across the state. The health department of Haryana has decided to add 35 new drug inspectors to speed up the crack down on the chemists and drug stores indulged in storage and sale of addictive drugs, said Punjab health minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla .
Elders Pharma Hiring
Elder Pharma is hiring 1,000 sales staff to tap India’s rural market. Elder Pharmaceuticals, a mid-size generic company from India, may boost its current sales force by recruiting around 1,000 sales and marketing professionals in the two months, reports said.
Dietary Supplements
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS MAY BE KILLERS Washington - Mounting evidence suggests that increasing numbers of Americans are falling seriously ill or even dying after taking dietary supplements that promise everything from extra energy to sounder sleep, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
