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Telangana drug regulations not strong, says DCA chief
The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has been trying to be a strong regulator to earn public faith that the medicines available in Telangana market were of standard quality. Speaking to The Hans India, Dr Akun Sabharwal, Director, DCA, said that DCA’s job was not only regulating the pharmacies, druggists and chemists but also regulating the industry.
Dr Akun Sabharwal said that Pharma City at Mucherla near Mahbubnagar would be coming up and a new DCA office would be set up there for issuing licences
Hyderabad: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) has been trying to be a strong regulator to earn public faith that the medicines available in Telangana market were of standard quality. Speaking to The Hans India, Dr Akun Sabharwal, Director, DCA, said that DCA’s job was not only regulating the pharmacies, druggists and chemists but also regulating the industry.
Regarding the regulations of Telangana State, Dr Akun said, “Compared to other states, the regulations in Telangana were not that strong. We would have a better hold by making efforts to improve the situation.” He said that the DCA was not there to harass either the industry or the blood banks or the pharmacists.
But the persons who violate regulations would face trouble, he added. Dr Akun said that Pharma City at Mucherla near Mahbubnagar would be coming up and a new DCA office would be set up there for issuing licences. Explaining the changes that have taken place in issuing of licenses, Dr Akun said that Telangana DCA was the best in the country to issue the manufacturing license within 30 days as part of industry-friendly initiatives.
The DCA was trying to issue Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification within one month which used to take earlier four months. In a first, the DCA launched online service to issue licenses to ease the process. He said that the DCA headquarters and district offices would be computerised at a cost of Rs 19 lakh to speed up the administration.
“An ‘Mtrack’ Android application is being developed for the drug inspectors to make report of inspection, short comings and violations without using paper,” said Dr Akun. He further said that the proposals were sent to government for upgradation of the DCA laboratory at a cost of Rs 3.71 crore for establishing micro-biology lab and cosmetic lab. At present, 3,000 to 4,000 samples were being tested in the laboratory, he said.
