Unethical Practices should be stopped in Pharma Field 

Unethical Practices should be stopped in Pharma Field 

Unethical Practices should be stopped in Pharma Field – Today Current Affairs

Context:

Pharma should be used for the well-being of the Public. Through a recent decision, the honorable supreme court has cleared it. In a judgment of the Supreme Court of India  by a two-judge Bench

Introduction court dismissed the Special Leave Petition by Apex Laboratories to claim deduction on freebies given to doctors. the Bench said that the act of pharmaceutical companies giving freebies to doctors is clearly ‘prohibited by the law’. Further, it cannot be claimed as a deduction under Section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

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Introduction 

In pharma filed we generally see the unethical practice of the gifting the medicines to the doctors and the companies raised the price of medicines accordingly. Some doctors who received the gift from the several pharma company recommend their medicines to the patient. In this way the patient are generally exploited and cheated . 

Court states that it is a type of bribe which should be stopped immediately . Justice Ravindra Bhat said that pharmaceutical companies have misused a legal gap which gave the right stop pharma companies for the promotion of his brand through the gifting of medicines to doctors . However MCI (Medical Council of India ) never recognized this mal practice. 

Judge said that these types of the mal practices ultimately impacts the life of the costumer . The pharmaceutical company raises the price of the medicines which ultimately impacts the public life, which should not be tolerated . 

Upholding the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) circular dated August 1, 2012, and applying it to the case, the Court also cited and relied upon Regulation 6.8 of the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 framed under the Medical Council Act, 1956, now repealed and substituted by the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. 

The court also  highlighted Qureshi (2007) 2 SCC 759 and Commissioner Of Income Tax vs Khemchand Motilal Jain to explain this illegal practice which must be prohibited 

What is the practice in US  : The Hindu Analysis

To elaborate his decision court had to take the example of US where the the health department of the Govt of US stated in its report “Savings Available Under Full Generic Substitution of Multiple Source Brand Drugs in Medicare Part D” dated July 23, 2018 that the beneficiaries could have saved over $600 million in out-of-pocket payments had they been dispensed generic equivalent drugs. Similar voice was raised by the reason of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act 2010 also known as Section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010

The Issue of Retail price : The Hindu Analysis

It has been observed in India there is huge anomalies in the retail price of the medicines . Some medicine provide the discount up to 90 %. However still there cost is high . The retail price of the medicine in India is a scam and this scam is going on with the support of pharma companies . generally the medicines are sold in the shop on MRP. These types of the malpractices impacts the treatment of a patient and the life of the patient as well 

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Conclusion 

As per the above discussion , it can be concluded that, government should have strong hold on the pharma, companies in India . The medicines are the essential for the life of the citizens therefore every type of the mal practices in the field of the pharma should be stopped. However , this is the right of pharma company to provide the medicine in free to doctor to promote their brand , but this tis also a moral and ethical duty of the doctor not to promote the medicines of the high price. Doctors should prescribe only those medicines  which are cheap and effective . However government can fix the price of the some medicines also.

 

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Yojna IAS Daily Current Affairs Hindi med 7th July

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