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TOP 5 HEALTH LAWS AND POLICY UPDATES

Dear Readers, we are happy to share the most interesting legal and policy updates concerning health industry that we read today. We hope you enjoy reading it.

1. Application process for (1) Manufacture/ import a New Drug/ formulation, or conduct clinical trial, (2) Manufacture/ import of new bulk drug substance, and (3) Import of finished formulation of a new drug will henceforth exclusively take place online on the SUGAM portal, and processing of offline application has been retroactively paused from 16th August 2024.
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2. All registered Doctors are required to re-register their MBBS qualifications on the newly operationalized National Medical Register Portal and shall be provided a Unique Identification Number.
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3. The central drugs regulator of India, the Drugs Controller General of India has issued a revised Guidelines and checklists for Zonal, Sub-Zonal and Port-officers of the State Drug Authorities providing updated policy on how to conduct their duties.
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4. The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has clarified that in the event of a conflict of interpretation between the newly released digital version of the Indian Pharmacopoeia 2022, and the print version the print version shall win out.
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5. In addition to requiring audio-visual warnings during presentation of films, the Central government will require all online curated content publishers to display a non-skippable anti-tobacco audio-visual advertisement, as well as place a static message for the duration of display of use of tobacco and tobacco products in the curated content. This requirement shall be effective form March 2025.
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