The Central government of India informed the result of drug testing which they conducted in the last three years. 4.4% of drugs were found to be of substandard in India: 9092 were found to be of substandard quality out of 2,05,448 samples tested collected from 36 states. In a written reply to Lok Shabha, JP Nadda, Health Minister in India has given the split up values of substandard drugs in the country tested in the years 2012 – 2013, 2013 – 2014, and 2014 – 2015. READ ALSO: Check out the recent biggest drug quality testing.

“To strengthen the regulatory structure of state and centre, measures have been initiated. Increase in the number of sanctioned posts in the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), development of IT enabled system for clinical trial application online submission(READ ALSO: Documents required for conducting clinical trials in India), CDSCO e-governance module development, re-equipping the drug testing laboratories are few measures which have been initiated” Nadda added. READ ALSO: Medical Device registration in India, How to register your IVDs (In-vitro Diagnostics) in India?