In a shocking disclosure, some drug companies have been caught red-handed writing scientific recommendations of their own products and submitting them to the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) after getting them endorsed by top doctors for a quicker marketing approval.
Usually, scientific recommendations are submitted by experts after they have studied a drug’s content.The Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to take stern action against doctors who had endorsed scientific recommendations submitted to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization ( CDSCO), which were written by drug companies themselves.
TOI reported on Thursday how drug companies have been caught red-handed writing scientific recommendations of their own drugs and submitting them to the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) after getting them endorsed by reputed doctors for a speedy marketing approva
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