Generic Drugs
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Trump announces tariff plan on generic medicines: 0% for two years, 100% from 2028 and 200% later
World | Jul 22, 2026, 08:56 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump has announced a phased tariff plan for imported generic medicines, with duties set to rise from zero to 200 per cent after a transition period to encourage pharmaceutical manufacturing in America.
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NMC puts hold on new mandate for doctors to prescribe generic drugs
Health | Aug 25, 2023, 11:16 AM ISTThe 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 | Jun 21, 2020, 11:28 PM ISTHomegrown 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 | Mar 03, 2020, 06:45 PM ISTIndia, 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 | Apr 18, 2017, 08:50 AM ISTPrime 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
Dec 05, 2014, 04:28 PM ISTNew 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
Sep 16, 2014, 05:09 PM ISTBeijing: 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