Enforce uniform medicine norms, regulator to states

India's apex drugs regulator has directed state governments to enforce uniform medicine standards to eliminate regional variability in regulatory compliance.

- Priyanka Sharma

India's pharmaceutical market is worth $50 billion.

(AFP)

In its February directive, reviewed by Mint, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, chaired by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, wrote that concerns have been raised regarding inconsistencies in the enforcement of drug standards across the country, low conviction rates in drug adulteration cases, and the need for stringent scrutiny of adulteration in imported pharma products.