Indian government moves to tackle substandard drugs

30 August 2016

In India, 33 drugs supplied to various government hospitals and stores in Arunachal Pradesh were found to be of sub-standard quality during laboratory tests.

With political allegations rife that the BJP-led state government in Madhya Pradesh has also been purchasing sub-standard or spurious drugs worth several million for distribution in government hospitals, the Central government has donned riot gear, reports The Pharma Letter’s India correspondent.

The Central government rolled out a scheme last year to assess the extent of spurious drugs in the country. The last such survey was conducted in 2009 by the Ministry of Health, which revealed the extent of spurious drugs to be just 0.046%.

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