It is manufacturers', pharmacists' duty to inform drug side effects to patients, not doctors: Delhi High Court
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The plea seeking directions upon the doctors to specify all the possible risks and side effects associated with a drug or pharmaceutical drugs prescribed to a patient has recently been dismissed by the Delhi High Court.
The HC Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora dismissed the plea after observing that as per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945, the drug manufacturer and his agent are required to provide a package insert disclosing the side effects of the drugs to the consumer.
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