India’s draft e-pharmacy rules put in place a series of checks and balances to ensure that only genuine e-pharmacies engage in online sales of medicines. Registration and strict record keeping requirements, among other aspects, are mandated under the rules, though it may take a “leap of faith” when it comes to security of patient data, some experts say.
India’s draft e-pharmacy rules permit only registered e-pharmacies to conduct business in the country and specify requirements to ensure that records of drugs dispensed and patient details are maintained appropriately and safely.
The rules require all e-pharmacies to be registered with the Central Licensing Authority – the Drugs Controller General of India – with such registration being valid for three years; it will entail a fee of INR50,000 ($750)
The European Health Data Space framework will allow companies to accelerate R&D processes and identify new molecular targets faster by facilitating centralized access to certain types of high-quality data, Finland’s Orion Pharma says.
The European Health Data Space Regulation is deliberately “vague” when it comes to defining trade secrets because the EU wants the pharma industry to make recommendations on safeguarding intellectual property, a policy officer for the European Commission says.
European pharma trade associations EFPIA and EUCOPE outline their respective views on how the EU’s pharma legislation overhaul should tackle antimicrobial resistance, and why transferable exclusivity vouchers alone will not suffice as incentives.
Swiss authorities have introduced temporary measures that will make it easier for health care professionals to import medicines that are either not authorized or not available in Switzerland, which will particularly benefit pediatric drugs, in light of ongoing shortages.
