"The most authoritative and exhaustive compilation on the law relating to Drugs & Cosmetics, giving new materials, latest amendments and fresh case law"

The new 21st edition provides the fully amended and updated text of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (as amended upto Act 26 of 2008) and the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 as amended up to the First Amendment Rules, 2010, along with case law notes, allied Acts, Rules, Orders and Notifications. The DPCO, 1995 has been amended up to the Second Amendment Order of 2006. All systems of medicine such as Allopathic, Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha, have been brought under the ambit of the stringent drug control law.

Fresh new material has also been added in this edition, namely, Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Display of Board by Educational Institutions) Rules, 2009, Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 of U.S.A., which proposes ban on sale of controlled medicines and drugs over the Internet, List of Drugs approved during January to February 2010. Additionally, Guidelines for taking action on samples of drugs declared spurious or not of standard quality, Modalities for grant of WHO-GMP certificate of pharmaceutical product by CDSCO, DGHS, Min. of Health and Family Welfare, from 1st. October, 2009, Grant of Licence in Form 11 to Import Drugs for the purpose of Test and Analysis etc. The chapter on 'Pharmaceuticals and Patents' by Dr Elizabeth Verkey, has been updated.

Concise and coherent notes have been provided under important sections. The Appendices provide several allied and useful statutes. A very detailed subject index and product index is provided to help in locating very quickly and effortlessly the information sought for. This work will be found indispensable by all manufacturers, sellers, blood banks, hospitals and practitioners and students of these various branches of medicine.

• Pharma Times: This book is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date Manuals on Drugs & Cosmetics Act and the Rules thereunder and is regularly updated with the latest amendments in the drug laws.
• The Indian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy: This book has been well designed to provide the entire statute law relating to drugs and up-to-date amendments with illustrative case-law notes in the most comprehensive and exhaustive fashion.
• CIMS: Under each section of the book, concise and coherent notes illustrative of the topic are given. All systems of medicine-Allopathic, Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha have been brought under the purview of the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, and hence the information contained in this book will be indispensable to all pharmaceutical manufacturers, booksellers, blood banks, hospitals, libraries, academic institutions and practitioners of the various branches of medicine.
• Kerala Law Times: This book is a must for the Drugs and Cosmetics Industry, Manufacturers, Distributors, Central and State Governments, Bar and the Bench, Government Departments, Committees and others concerned with the subject.