Drugs And Cosmetics Rules

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a notification issued by the Ministry of Ayush, which omitted rule 170 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 that prohibits misleading advertisements of Ayurvedic, Siddha, and Unani drugs.

The Union Health Ministry has done away with the requirement of a licence for stocking and sale of hand sanitiser to make it more widely available for the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government has amended schedule K of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 to liberalise the existing procedures for the sale of morphine tablets, and to relax the licensing of blood banks in small hospitals run by the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). There are very strict controls on the sale of morphine tablets under the Narcotic Drugs a...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a notification issued by the Ministry of Ayush, which omitted rule 170 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 that prohibits misleading advertisements of Ayurvedic, Siddha, and Unani drugs.

The Union Health Ministry has done away with the requirement of a licence for stocking and sale of hand sanitiser to make it more widely available for the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government has amended schedule K of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 to liberalise the existing procedures for the sale of morphine tablets, and to relax the licensing of blood banks in small hospitals run by the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). There are very strict controls on the sale of morphine tablets under the Narcotic Drugs a...