100-day agenda: Cheaper medicines, e-pharmacy norms likely to be in focus | Explained News, The Indian Express

100-day agenda: Cheaper medicines, e-pharmacy norms likely to be in focus | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Prabha Raghavan |New Delhi |Updated: May 29, 2019 3:05:59 am

100-day agenda: Cheaper medicines, e-pharmacy norms likely to be in focus

A proposal to allow patients to seek compensation for faulty medical devices, a scrutinised industry following government and media investigations into the adverse impacts of certain hip implants by J&J, is also yet to fructify.

Now the government plans to take its work on the draft forward, likely in next few weeks, The Indian Express has learnt.

With the Narendra Modi government back to power for another 5-year term, authorities handling pharmaceuticals and healthcare have a backlog of policies and regulations to pass and implement.