Draft Establishment of Medical Colleges Regulations (Amendment) 2022
Comments on the draft Establishment of Medical Colleges Regulations (Amendment) 2022 shall be sent to the email id – ugmeb@nmc.org.in within 30 days of publication.
PCI publishes fake message alert
The PCI has warned pharmacy institutes against fake messages send from mail id registrar@pci-nic.co.in regarding software purchase invoice, MS authorization vendor etc.
PCI declares Pharmacist’s day celebrations
The pharmacist’s day shall be celebrated with the theme ‘Pharmacist United in Action for a Healthier World’ on 25.09.2022.
PCI issues circular for Implementation of DigiLocker-NAD in the Pharmacy Institutions.
The government of India has assigned the National Academic Depository (NAD) implantation via DigiLocker to facilitate students to get authentic educational documents/certificate in digital format directly from their original issuers. The digital copy available in the digilocker will be treated at par with the original physical documents as per rule 9A of the information technology (preservation & retention by intermediary providing Digilocker facilities) rules, 2016.
ESIC allows ESI beneficiaries to avail medical services from any ESIC dispensaries located in Delhi/Noida
This is applicable only to ESI beneficiaries who are allotted a dispensary in Delhi/Noida on the beneficiary card.
Acrylonitrile- Butadiene Styrene (ABS) (Quality Control) Third Amendment Order, 2022
The amendment provides that the order shall come into force on the 12th day of March, 2023.
Revised National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction
The Scope of the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction includes preventive education, creation of awareness, elimination of stigmatization and discrimination against individuals dependent on substances and development of human resources and mechanism for rehabilitation.
NPPA fixes retail price of 45 formulations under Drugs (Price Control) Order 2013.
The formulation includes Pantoprazole Dual Release Gastro Resistant Tablets, Sitagliptin and Metformin, Hydrochloride (Extended release) Tablets, Diclofenac, Methyl Salicylate & Menthol Gel etc
NPPA issues circular relating to fixation of ceiling price of sodium chloride 0.45% injection.
NPPA directs all the concerned manufacturer/ marketers to furnish information relating to Price to Retailer (PTR), Moving Annual Turnover (MAT) and relevant details, together with a copy of invoices for the month of April 2022, latest by 05.09.2022 at e-mail id pricing-nppa@gov.in
National Cancer Grid (NCG) Establishes New Centre for Digital Oncology to improve Cancer Care using Digital Technologies.
The National Cancer Grid (NCG) is an initiative of the Government of India through the Department of Atomic Energy and its grant-in-aid institution, the Tata Memorial Centre, to create a network of cancer centres, research institutes, patient groups and charitable institutions across India with the objective of developing uniform standards of patient care for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.