India Additional Guidelines for Health and Wellness Celebrities and Influencers

On August 10, 2023, the Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”) issued additional guidelines for celebrities, influencers, and virtual influencers who endorse health and wellness products or services (“Guidelines”). The intention of these Guidelines is to curb misleading advertisements and unsubstantiated claims, and to promote transparency in health and wellness endorsements. These Guidelines expand DCA’s existing “Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022” and “Endorsement Know-hows!”…

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A quick view in current Surrogacy Regulation in India

India is considered one of the top medical tourism destinations in the world as it provides advanced medical technologies and infrastructure, a low waiting period, and skilled doctors, all at an affordable cost. Therefore, both non-resident Indians and foreigners flock to India for assisted reproductive remedial measures, such as surrogacy. Surrogacy was legalised in India in 2002 through the National Guidelines for the Accreditation, Supervision and Regulation of Assisted Reproductive…

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