Summary:
The Gujarat High Court, on Monday, sought a reply from the Medical Council of India (MCI) clarifying what steps has been taken by it to encourage and implement its policy related to generic medicines. The division bench of Justice SR Brahmbhatt and Justice AP Thaker issued notice to MCI directing it to file its reply by July 11. The petitioners contended that MCI had issued a circular five-years ago directing doctors to prescribe generic medicines. Shah told DNA that the directions issued by MCI on the medical practitioners to prescribe low-cost generic drugs have remained only on paper. They have also demanded that the authorities should give wide publicity to the notifications which make it mandatory to prescribe generic drugs..