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  NMC puts hold on new mandate for doctors to prescribe generic drugs

  Health | August 25, 2023 11:16 IST

  The new regulations made it mandatory for them to prescribe only generic drugs and barred them from accepting gifts from pharma companies or endorsing any drug brands.

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  Cipla launches generic remdesivir for COVID-19 patients

  India | June 21, 2020 23:28 IST

  Homegrown pharma major Cipla Ltd announced the launch of its generic version of remdesivir, which has been authorised for emergency use in the treatment of COVID-19 patients by the USFDA, under its brand name Cipremi.

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  India restricts drug exports as threat of coronavirus rises

  India | March 03, 2020 18:45 IST

  India, the world's largest maker of generic drugs, on Tuesday restricted the export of common medicines such as paracetamol and 25 other pharmaceutical ingredients and drugs made from them, as it looks to prevent shortages amid concerns of the coronavirus outbreak turning into a pandemic.

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  PM Modi ensures laws to push doctors to prescribe cheap, generic drugs

  India | April 18, 2017 8:50 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday indicated that his government may bring in a legal framework under which doctors will have to prescribe generic medicines, which are cheaper than equivalent branded drugs, to patients.

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  Doctors will now write generic drugs name in capital letters: Govt

  December 05, 2014 16:28 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre has amended rules in Indian Medical Council Regulations 2002, directing physicians to prescribe drugs with generic names in legible and capital letters, the Lok Sabha was informed today.Health Minister J P

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  China must open up to Indian generic drugs

  September 16, 2014 17:09 IST

  Beijing: China should open up to and remove all barriers to internationally accept Indian generic drugs, Indian pharmaceutical experts said ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's maiden visit to India tomorrow.The Indian government should ask