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Around 25% of India's drugs are fake, counterfeit or substandard. If the fake drugs market grows at the current rate of 25%, it will cross US$10 billion mark by 2017. Trade in fake drugs is driven caused by lack of adequate regulations, shortage of drug inspectors and a lack of lab facilities to check the purity of drugs.
The PMPRB is an independent federal quasi-judicial body established through Section 91 of the Patent Act. [7] Sections 79 through to 103 of the Act set out the mandate, structure, appointment process, and jurisdiction of the Board. The objective of the board is to preventing manufacturers of patented medicines from charging excessive prices. [8]
The Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties: The Canadian Drug Reference for Health Professionals, more commonly known by its abbreviation CPS, [ 1] is a reference book that contains drug monographs and numerous features which help healthcare professionals prescribe and use drugs safely and appropriately.
The Food and Drugs Act prohibits most direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications: all direct-to-consumer advertising of drugs was forbidden until 1978, when Health Canada began to allow ads containing names, quantities, and prices only, so that pharmacies could display their prices for comparison purposes. [10]
“The agency advises wholesalers, retail pharmacies, health care practitioners and patients to check the product they have received and not distribute, use, or sell products labeled with lot ...
And the annual list price of Merck’s cancer drug Keytruda is $191,000 in the US, while in the UK, it’s $115,000; in Canada, it’s $112,000; in France, it’s $91,000; in Germany, it’s ...
Canada Drugs. Canada Drugs otherwise known as CanadaDrugs.com, was an online pharmacy based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was started in 2001 by former Manitoba pharmacist Kristjan Thorkelson as an offshoot of a chain of four local pharmacies, called The Prescription Shop, in Winnipeg. With the company being one of the first in the suddenly-growing ...
Now, there’s a new Pap smear alternative that could help you bypass the speculum. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved self-collection kits from both Roche and BD in May for use ...