Centre notifies marketing code for medical device sector to curtail unethical practices: ‘No travel, gifts or…’

| 7 Sept 2024 4:24 PM IST

The Central government notified an uniform marketing code for the medical device industry on Saturday in order to curb unethical practices. The new guidelines will restrict organisations from organising international workshops for doctors or offering them hotel stays and monetary grants. "All associations should constitute an ethics committee for marketing practices in medical devices (ECMPMD), upload it on their websites along with a detailed procedure of complaints, which will be linked to the UCPMP portal of Department of Pharmaceuticals," the notification said.

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