Laws that need to change to make prescription of generics compulsory

Plan to make generics prescription compulsory has left pharma industry & medical fraternity jittery

The government’s plan to make prescription of generics compulsory has left the pharmaceutical industry and the medical fraternity jittery. However, to ensure that generics are prescribed, the government needs to do more than just amend the existing rules in the Drug and Cosmetics Act, 1940. Implementation of the law will continue to be the biggest challenge going forward, say legal experts. 

In October 2016, the Medical Council of India (MCI) amended rules to make it mandatory for doctors to prescribe generic names of drugs in prescriptions.  However, the lacuna in respect to its enforceability remained as no action was taken by