SC Directs Centre To Form Panel On Unethical Pharma Marketing

Panel To Recommend Measures To Regulate Unethical Practices By Drug FirmsThe Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to constitute a committee to consider the suggestions and give recommendations to the government for ensuring that pharmaceutical companies do not indulge in unethical marketing practices.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order on a plea which sought a direction that till an effective law was enacted, the top court may lay down guidelines to control and regulate unethical marketing practices by pharmaceutical companies.