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Industry apprehensive about fate of several Bills related to health & pharma sectors
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Ramesh Shankar, Mumbai
November 25 , 2015
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As the winter session of Parliament is beginning on November 26, there
are apprehensions in the pharma industry about the fate of several Bills
related to the health and pharma sectors as most of these Bill have
been pending for quite some time for introduction and passage in
Parliament.
The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation)
Bill (ART Bill), Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, Biotechnology
Regulatory Authority of India Bill (NBRA Bill), HIV/AIDS Bill, Ethical
Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human Subjects Bill, and Allied
and Healthcare Professional’s Central Council Bill are some of the Bills
in health and pharma sectors which have been waiting for Parliament's
final nod.
Even though these bills, several of which warrant
urgent attention of the law-makers, have been waiting for Parliament's
final nod, no bills related to pharma and health sectors were discussed
during the monsoon session of Parliament which began on July 21 and
continued to sit till August 13.
In fact, no bills related to
health and pharma sectors could even find a place in the tentative list
of government legislative and financial businesses for the monsoon
session which was a complete washout due to the tussle between the
government and the Opposition on several political issues including the
Opposition's demand for the resignations of External Affairs Minister
Swaraj and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje in the Lalit Modi controversy
and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the Vyapam scam.
There
is apprehension among the industry that the winter session will also be
a tumultuous one just like the monsoon session, as the winter session
is being held in the backdrop of BJP suffering a massive defeat in
Bihar, which has further emboldened the Opposition. In such a situation,
the chances of these Bills getting the Parliament nod looks bleak, that
means these Bills have to wait for the next session which may take
place somewhere in February next year.
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