Srinagar, Sept. 22 -- Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar today held its first Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) meeting after securing re-registration from Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), restoring the institution's mandate to review clinical trials and biomedical research under national regulations. CDSCO renewed GMC Srinagar's IEC registration on 28 August 2025, granting approval until July 2030 under the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019. The decision followed an application earlier this year and authorises the committee to oversee clinical trials, bioequivalence studies and biomedical research in line with regulatory standards. The reconstituted IEC comprises 13 members, including clinicians, pha...