CDSCO releases data of SQ drugs along with NSQ drugs to boost the image of Indian drug manufacturers
In a move to boost the image of Indian drug manufacturers, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has for the first time released data of drugs declared as standard quality (SQ) by Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL) and Regional Drugs Testing Laboratories (RDTLs) along with monthly data of not of standard quality (NSQ) drugs. In a list of drugs, medical devices and cosmetics declared as not of standard quality, spurious, adulterated or misbranded, the CDSCO has revealed that for the month of March 2019, there were 2011 drug samples tested at four laboratories-- Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL), Kolkata, Central Drugs Testing Laboratory (CDTL), Mumbai, Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Guwahati and Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Chandigarh. Of them, 1,888 samples were found to be SQ and 50 samples were found to be NSQ. The data of SQ and NSQ drugs was released by CDSCO on April 15, 2019 after Union health and family welfare ministry h...