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The Health Ministry has heroically decided to scrap 'redundant' second-stage virus screenings for plasma-derived medicines.

12 March 2026 - New Delhi, Delhi

Record date
12 Mar 2026
Location
New Delhi, Delhi

What happened

The Health Ministry has heroically decided to scrap 'redundant' second-stage virus screenings for plasma-derived medicines. The logic is bulletproof: since the raw plasma was already checked for HIV and Hepatitis, the viruses would obviously respect the bureaucratic process and not show up during the actual manufacturing phase. This breakthrough in 'Minimalist Medicine' aims to save valuable minutes for pharma companies, proving that in a race between biological safety and administrative speed, the paperwork always wins.

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