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10 May 2011

India to Implement Guidelines on Biological Samples Export

As part of enforcing the guidelines, the Ministry has issued direction on transfer of human biological material for research and commercial purposes.

The  Indian health ministry has decided to implement the guidelines more sternly on transfer of samples outside the country.

 

As part of enforcing the guidelines, the Ministry has issued direction on transfer of human biological material for research and commercial purposes and asked the domestic and foreign companies to abide by the instructions. The International Health Division of Indian Council of Medical Research has been asked to monitor it, sources said.

 

The Ministry had constituted a committee in 1997 to consider the cases related to transfer of human biological materials for commercial purpose. The committee evaluated cases where infectious biological material/samples were transferred from foreig

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