Drug manufacturing industry cries foul over poor regulation

Drug manufacturing industry cries foul over poor regulation

HYDERABAD: India’s drug manufacturing industry is afflicted with poor regulation – a case of authorities not scaling up the supervisory process to match the pace of the sector’s growth.

The botched up sterilisation surgeries in Chhattisgarh in November, which left 13 women dead, was a grim reminder about the need to increase oversight of both health practices in the country as well the manufacture of drugs by companies, some of which face increasing scrutiny for allegedly not adheri ..