Tag: Helathcare

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. A recent Right to Information filing before the Ministry of Health and Family welfare has brought to  attention that the Central government has not notified or published procedure in light of the  proposed 2022 Amendment to the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 which aimed to allow appeal against decisions of the State and National Medical Commission before the autonomous Ethics and Medical Review Board.
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2. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held in a recent decision that the insurance company does not have the discretion to reduce the eligible claim amount solely on the basis that compensation has already been given to the claimant from the government.
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3. The Department of Consumer Affairs has issued the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Greenwashing and Misleading Environmental Claims, 2024. These guidelines regulates the nature of technical terms that can be used in these claims, and prescribes requirements for substantiation of the claims.
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4. The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, has proposed to initiate a program for accreditation of bio-banking facilities modelled after the international standards as prescribed under ISO 20367:2019.
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5. The United States Drug Administrative Science Board has recommended that the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) set up an office to monitor alternatives to animal testing methods, and bring them within the quality control regime of the USFDA.
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