After stents, now the government wants to put more medical devices under price control and even proposes to change the Indian Medical Council Act to make it mandatory for doctors to prescribe generic medicines.
Union Health Minister commented, “The ministry has started deliberations and is analysing data to bring more critical medical devices under the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM). Once under NLEM, the devices will automatically come under price control.” In this regard, a committee has already been formed which is evaluating price data.
Meanwhile, for mandatory prescription of generic drugs, MCI is doing the needful and if required, changes may be made to the Indian Medical Council Act, he added. Though MCI regulations direct doctors should prescribe generic drugs, changes in the law may give more legal teeth to the regulations.
Source: Times of India
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