{"id":9895,"date":"2022-08-22T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/blog\/?p=9895"},"modified":"2022-08-22T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:30:44","slug":"dolo-650-case-in-supreme-court-simplified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/blog\/dolo-650-case-in-supreme-court-simplified\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolo 650 Case in Supreme Court: Simplified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_66_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/blog\/dolo-650-case-in-supreme-court-simplified\/#What-is-the-Dolo-650-Case-in-Supreme-Court\" title=\"What is the Dolo 650 Case in Supreme Court?\">What is the Dolo 650 Case in Supreme Court?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/blog\/dolo-650-case-in-supreme-court-simplified\/#Counter-arguments-from-Micro-Labs\" title=\"Counter arguments from Micro Labs\">Counter arguments from Micro Labs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/blog\/dolo-650-case-in-supreme-court-simplified\/#Whats-next\" title=\"What\u2019s next?\">What\u2019s next?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/blog\/dolo-650-case-in-supreme-court-simplified\/#Zoom-out\" title=\"Zoom out\">Zoom out<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/blog\/dolo-650-case-in-supreme-court-simplified\/#Similar-cases-around-the-globe\" title=\"Similar cases around the globe\">Similar cases around the globe<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-is-the-Dolo-650-Case-in-Supreme-Court\"><\/span><strong>What is the Dolo 650 Case in Supreme Court?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Association of India (FMRAI) has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking to fix accountability for freebies allegedly distributed to doctors to get them to prescribe medicines from certain brands. In 2016, the Medical Council of India amended clause 1.5 of the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002<strong> which mandates doctors to prescribe medicines by their generic names.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes at the back of the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) accusing Micro Labs \u2013 the manufacturer of fever-reducing medicine Dolo 650 \u2013 of distributing Rs. 1,000 cr. of freebies to doctors to prescribe their medication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PIL described the dosage of 650 mg as being an irrational dose combination. It was further stated that the drug does not fall under government price control as it is limited to 500 mg of paracetamol.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Counter-arguments-from-Micro-Labs\"><\/span><strong>Counter argument<\/strong>s <strong>from Micro Labs<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Moneycontrol, Jayaraj Govindaraju \u2013 Executive Vice President of Marketing and Communication for Micro Labs dismissed the Rs. 1,000 cr. freebies accusation as baseless.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He suggested that the figure represents the total marketing expenditure from all divisions of the company for the past several years. He went on to say that it would be irrational to spend Rs. 1,000 cr. on marketing when the turnover during the COVID year was Rs. 350 cr. He also claimed that price control was applicable to Dolo 650 and that their margins were very small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats-next\"><\/span><strong>What\u2019s next?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court has directed the central government to reply to the PIL and the claims made against Micro Labs by FMRAI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zoom-out\"><\/span><strong>Zoom out<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in March this year, a PIL by FMRAI seeking to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/indices\/nifty-pharma-index-.NIPHARM?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=bnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pharma<\/a> companies criminally liable for bribing doctors through freebies stated that according to a study, the top seven pharma companies together had spent Rs. 34,187 cr. in marketing over 8 yrs. These costs constitute 20% of the cost of drugs and include direct and indirect benefits to doctors such as gifts, entertainment, trips, and hospitality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Similar-cases-around-the-globe\"><\/span><strong>Similar cases around the globe<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A doctor was sentenced to death for a heart valve scandal in Germany in 1996.<\/li><li>Johnson &amp; Johnson was fined $2.2 bn in 2009 over its marketing techniques.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/stocks\/pfizer-PFIZ?checklist=basic&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=bnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfizer<\/a> was fined $2.3 bn to settle civil and criminal charges in 2013 for illegally promoting the use of four of its drugs.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickertape.in\/stocks\/glaxosmithkline-pharmaceuticals-GLAX?checklist=basic&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=bnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GlaxoSmithKline<\/a> paid a fine of $489 mn in 2014, in which four officials went to jail in China.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the News author<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This news post has been contributed by <a href=\"https:\/\/boringnews.co\/?referral=arpt98w9x&amp;utm_source=Tickertape&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=Dolo_20220821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Boring News Co.<\/a> which is a free daily email newsletter that gets you updated on the most important events across policy, business, international affairs, legal and sports categories. They claim on unbiased news with no sensationalism, no gossip, no political slugfests and no opinions \u2013 just the facts that matter in bullet points. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBDT has accused Dolo-650-manufacturer Micro Labs, the manufacturer of Dolo 650, of distributing Rs. 1,000 cr. of freebies to doctors to prescribe their medication. 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