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Wednesday August 24, 2011 05:30:37 PM,
IANS
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New
Delhi:
India has only 66 inspectors to monitor the quality of
pharmaceutical products in the country of over 1.2 billion people
- raising questions about the ability of the regulators to
maintain quality of medicines.
"Three years back, the situation was even worse. We had just 12
inspectors," Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) Surinder
Singh told reporters Wednesday.
He said the government targets to increase the number of
inspectors to nearly 1,000 in five years.
"We are in the process to hire new people. The government has
already sanctioned 327 posts," Singh said on the sidelines of the
fourth medical technology conference organised by the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here.
He said the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)
was not able to perform its duty due to lack of manpower.
"There is a huge capacity building exercise taking place. We are
hiring new people and expanding our reach to different locations,"
Singh said.
"A sea change is happening in the system but we have a long way to
go," he said.
Singh said the CDSCO also plans to appoint inspectors in countries
like China, African and Latin American countries, which are big
importers of Indian pharma products.
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