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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. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has constituted a committee to develop a policy governing refurbished medical devices. The committee will examine the scope of refurbished medical devices, methodology to evaluate the safety, performance, and remaining useful life of refurbished medical devices & suggest guidance for waste disposal of such refurbished devices.
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2. Indian government has announced a tax holiday until 2047 for foreign companies that provide cloud services globally using data centres located in India. Further, there will be no risk of foreign firms’ global income being taxed in India solely because they use Indian data centres. This move is aimed at attracting long-term investment into India’s digital infrastructure.
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3. Indian Government has released first national evidence-based lung cancer treatment and palliation guidelines. It offers 15 recommendations to standardise diagnosis, treatment and palliative care, improve early detection, reduce treatment disparities and ensure consistent, patient-centred care across the country.
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4. India’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs issued show-cause notices to major edible oil companies for violating the amended Vegetable Oils Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) Order, 2025. Companies failed to submit monthly production data and register on official portals. Authorities have warned that continued non-compliance could lead to inspections and confiscation under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.
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5. The United States Food and Drug Administration has launched the PreCheck pilot program to strengthen domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing. The initiative offers early regulatory engagement for new manufacturing facilities, improving predictability, streamlining facility assessments and accelerating readiness to supply medicines for the United States market.
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TOP 5 HEALTH LAWS AND POLICY UPDATES

Dear Reader, 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.

Indian Drug Manufacturers will have to put in place prompt and effective recall procedure soon
At a meeting called by India’s Health Ministry with drug manufacturers, the Ministry has reportedly reminded all drug manufacturers that they will have to put in place a prompt and effective drug recall system. Such a drug recall system is a mandatory requirement of revised Schedule M of Drugs Rules, 1945, which is scheduled to come into effect on 27th June 2024 for large enterprises, and on 27th December 2024 for small and medium scale enterprises.
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India’s central food regulator to conduct own testing and investigation into pre-packed spices manufactured in India
India’s Central Food Regulator (FSSAI) has recently issued a statement declaring that it is currently in the process of collecting samples of fruit and vegetables, fish products and spices and culinary herbs, as part of its scheduled surveillance for salmonella and other contaminants. This statement has come in light of the recent ban by Governments of Hong Kong and Singapore on certain brands of Indian spices, on the basis that the products contained Ethylene Oxide, a known carcinogen that can cause breast cancer and lymphoma.
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Supreme Court seeks explanation from Central Government on proposal to fix prices for ophthalmologic procedures
The Supreme Court has issued a Notice to the Central Government, seeking response on the nature of power and viability of regulations that permit government to uniformly fix the prices across private hospitals for Ophthalmologic procedures. The Court has clubbed this matter along with a pending case, where the Central Government has been directed by the Supreme Court to determine a policy to fix uniform prices for procedures done at private hospitals.
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If husband is unable to contribute gamete, then wife is not barred from seeking gamete from a donor for IVF: High Court
In a recent decision, the Calcutta High Court has held that, under India’s current regulatory regime surrounding In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), there is no restriction that requires that either the egg or the sperm must come from the couple seeking the IVF themselves. A married woman may seek to obtain sperm from a third party donor.
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Excessive prescription and use of Antibacterial medicine in treatment of COVID-19 has increased global Antimicrobial Resistance: WHO
The World Health Organization has recently posted findings from its Global Clinical Platform for COVID-19, which are an anonymized repository of worldwide treatment data. These findings have revealed that there has been rampant over-prescription and use of antibiotics worldwide, in the course of treating COVID-19, which has contributed to the globally rising Antimicrobial Resistance problem.
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