New Delhi, Dec 16: The Government is committed to ensuring that the quality, safety and efficacy of drugs are not compromised.
With this view, the Government has taken a series of measures, including strengthening legal provisions, workshops and training programmes for manufacturers and regulatory officials and measures such as risk-based inspections.
The manufacture, sale and distribution of drugs in the country are regulated under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945 thereunder through a system of licensing and inspection, official sources said here.
Licenses for manufacture, sale and distribution of drugs are granted by the state Licensing Authorities(SLAs) appointed by respective state governments.
SLAs are legally empowered to take stringent action against violation of provisions of the Act and Rules.
In order to ensure the quality of drugs in the country, both the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and the state drug regulators pick up a large number of samples of drugs from all over the country and have them tested and analysed to meet the prescribed standards, they added.
The details of the drugs that do not meet the standards are immediately notified by the Central or the state regulator concerned.
