As Health Ministry issues diktat on cough syrups, questions arise over OTC enforcement
When people in India are used to buying all sorts of medicines over the counter (OTC), the challenge is the enforcement of laws which make prescription mandatory, said Hyderabad-based paediatrician Sivaranjani Santosh even as she welcomed the Centre’s decision to make all syrups, including cough syrups, as prescription-only. Many in the pharmaceutical trade as well…
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