India Premier Pushes For Generic Prescriptions But Hurdles Loom

India’s prime minister has declared that doctors should prescribe medicines using only non-proprietary generic names in an effort to reduce medical bills, but the medical fraternity says the move could jeopardize patient safety, while hurdles mean others see only limited pharma industry impact in the short term.

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told doctors to write only generic drug names on prescriptions in order to lower patient bills in the country, where medical expenses push tens of millions of people into poverty annually. But critics have said a stringent drug regulatory system needs to be in place before such a move can be implemented.

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