NEW DELHI - Indian's seeking to stave of flu and colds with the help of Vitamin C, and the country's own producers of supplements using the product, are finding it tougher to get hold of the health booster thanks to actions by the Chinese authorities and their own government in New Delhi.

Blowing the whistle on fake drugs

|  Monday , August 31 , 2009 |  

The government has decided to reward those who provide information on manufacturers and dealers of spurious drugs. Shabina Akhtar reports

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The punishment has now been raised to a minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment and a Rs10 lakh fine 

 Radhieka Pandeya

 

New Delhi: Parliament approved a long-pending amendment to the country’s main drugs law last month seeking stricter punishment of up to life imprisonment and fine of at least Rs10 lakh on those involved in production and trade of spurious drugs. 

 

Is trademark violation counterfeiting? 

 

FAC E- O F F 

 

It is an attempt to stifle Indian generics 

 

THE move in certain quarters to define counterfeit medicines in the context of trademark violations could set in motion mechanisms that would add another layer of protectionism, designed to disincentivise the manufacture and distribution of generic medicines.