Politics
October 10, 2024
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Govt reins in docs from crowding pharma junkets, sets speaker-participant ratio

New Delhi: Doctors are being stopped from turning up in large numbers for pharma junkets that are used by manufacturers to offer freebies in exchange for prescribing particular drugs.    The government is now restricting the number of participants at the so-called pharmaceutical educational seminars, workshops, and conferences that are often nothing more than free […]

Politics
October 08, 2024
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Govt invites applications for top NMC posts and its four boards, complete overhaul on agenda

New Delhi: The health ministry has invited applications to fill posts at the country’s medical education regulators following a management crisis at the National Medical Commission (NMC).  It has sought applications for the posts of president, secretary and members of NMC, and key positions in the four boards under the NMC—the Undergraduate Medical Education Board […]