Plea filed in SC raises issues concerning law on advertisements of drugs
NEW DELHI, Dec 27 (PTI): A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to constitute an expert committee to review and update the schedule of a 1954 law, which is aimed at controlling the advertisement of drugs in certain cases, in accordance with present-day scientific developments.
The plea has sought a direction to declare that AYUSH doctors are also covered under section 2(cc) of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954, as ‘registered medical practitioners’.
The 1954 Act is aimed at controlling the advertisement of drugs in certain cases, to prohibit the advertisement for certain purposes of remedies alleged to possess magic qualities.
