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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. All insurance and healthcare policies are by law required to accommodate mental healthcare treatment under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. Therefore, even if an explicit provision exists in a current policy, it cannot be ground to refuse reimbursement for mental healthcare services availed under the policy: High Court.
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2. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in Gujarat has recently held that insurance providers cannot rely on a discrepancy in documentation to deny a claim for treatment, provided that the justification letter of the treating doctor sufficiently addresses the eligibility of a claimant under the policy.
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3. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recently held a core-group meeting to recognize the impact of progressive disabilities and possible changes in applicable law to address the same. The NHRC has also proposed to re-visit the current 40% benchmark for disabilities, to accommodate cases of persons with progressive disabilities.
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4. A Consumer technology product manufacturer has recently won its invalidation petition before a Federal Court of the United States, with this, the complainant in this matter now has complete and undisputed Intellectual Property rights in the US, over the underlying technology for detecting heart-rate in wearables.
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5. The World Health Organization released new findings highlighting a concerning lack of awareness about alcohol’s link to cancer in Europe. It called for clear, prominent tobacco-style warnings, particularly in the region with the highest alcohol consumption. While the WHO has consistently warned about alcohol’s cancer risk and supported labeling, this is the first time it has directly called for new government regulations.
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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. India’s Central pollution regulator has issued a Notification extending the deadline to 31st December 2024, for submitting quarterly filings for the FY 2023-24 for all entities registered under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2022.
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2. A District Consumer forum in the State of Maharashtra has held that the refusal of returns by a e-commerce service provider, under a blanket “no-returns” policy constituted a “unfair trade practice” and awarded compensation to consumer whose return of sub-standard product had been rejected.
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3. In a recently published response to a query received by it under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the Delhi Medical Council clarified that, since only medical practitioners registered with the council and having recognized qualifications in Allopathic medicine are permitted to practice medicine in Delhi: Dentists, who are registered with the Dental Council are not licensed to perform aesthetic and cosmetic treatment which is not medically necessary.
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4. After considerable negotiation, India has signed the final act of the Riyadh Design Law Treaty which aims to establish protections for Industrial Design patents, the treaty specifies procedural guardrails which member states can adopt into their own local design patent protection regulations.
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5. The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear petition by manufacturers of tobacco products, challenging the decision of the Federal Government of the United States to include graphic visual warnings on cigarette packets.
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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. India’s Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC) has reportedly recommended to make Sugam portal database of all the products with brand names accessible to the general public to address the issue of different drug formulations of different therapeutic categories being sold with same or similar brand names in the nation.
Source: bit.ly/3XMWBbV2. The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) has revised the accreditation standards for hospitals which will come into effect on January 1, 2025. No surveillance assessment will be conducted as per the old accreditation standard by NABH after 31st March 2025.
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3. India’s Central Food Regulator will approve import of food consignments from Bhutan on the strength of Health Certificate issued by Bhutan Food and Drug Authority provided they are manufactured by the approved list of establishments of Bhutan.
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4. U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned a major pharmaceutical company for making false and misleading claims about the benefits of a migraine pill in a television advertisement by a famous sports person. The claims were made against the results that were demonstrated in clinical trials.
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5. A group of experts constituted by NITI Aayog to prepare a framework for action for emergency response and preparedness to address future pandemic, has recommended making the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) an independent regulatory authority. They have recommended to provide CDSCO with approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Accelerated Emergency Use Authorisation for innovations and provisions for fast-tracking the process during pandemics.
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