Healthy Skepticism Library item: 17599

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Publication type: news

Drug controller seeks details from Dr Reddy's
The Hindu Business Line 2010 Apr 5
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-corporate/article988361.ece

Full text:

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has asked Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd to provide details about its relationship with the doctors in the wake of revised guidelines by the Medical Council of India.

The details sought included sponsorships for medical conferences and continuous medical education programmes held recently and the names of the doctors who attended the meet, etc. according to sources

. When contacted, a company spokesperson said: “We have responded to the DCGI’s communication in this regard.’‘