ET Impact: DCGI asks pharma cos to adhere to production quality standards

The DCGI's move comes a few days after ET reported that industrial excipients are used in manufacturing medicines and over 50 companies manufacturing cough syrups have failed quality tests. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in October last year that the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries might be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news