{"id":209804,"date":"2022-10-08T18:52:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T13:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=209804"},"modified":"2022-10-08T18:52:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T13:22:09","slug":"scarred-terra-pharma-gambia-tragedy-needs-sharp-regulatory-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scarred-terra-pharma-gambia-tragedy-needs-sharp-regulatory-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarred terra pharma: Gambia tragedy needs sharp regulatory response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cScarred terra pharma: Gambia tragedy needs sharp regulatory response\u201d <\/strong>published in The Times of India <\/b>on 8th <\/sup>October 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 3: Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About India’s pharma sector.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Followed the death of 66 children, the WHO issued an alert on four cough syrups manufactured and exported by Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals to Gambia.<\/p>\n

What is the issue?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Must Read: Cough syrups exported only to the Gambia, finds CDSCO probe<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What are the implications of the Gambia issue on the Indian pharma sector?<\/h5>\n

Earlier, Ranbaxy falsified drug data and systemically violated good manufacturing practices and laboratory practices. Indian pharma\u2019s global reputation is once again, after Ranbaxy, at risk.<\/p>\n

What are the issues associated with the Indian pharma sector?<\/h5>\n

State drug controllers tasked with licensing and monitoring manufacturing units and quality control are not functioning effectively. If a drug fails a quality test in one state, the obvious thing to do is suspend the manufacturing licence in the state where it is located till a clean-up.<\/p>\n

The Haryana drugs controller certified Maiden as compliant with WHO-Good Manufacturing Practices, making it eligible for exporting drugs. But central regulator CDSCO is now answerable to WHO for the failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Drug Regulations in India \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What should be done to regulate the Indian pharma sector?<\/h5>\n

Penalties without deterrent effect will not nudge offenders to reform. So, the Centre\u2019s new drugs and cosmetics bill to replace the colonial-era law must be reconfigured with learnings from this tragedy and embarrassment.<\/p>\n

A rigorous regulatory regime is needed to ensure India remains the pharmacy of the world and provides affordable medicines to the poorest sections of society also.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cScarred terra pharma: Gambia tragedy needs sharp regulatory response\u201d published in The Times of India on 8th October 2022. Syllabus: GS 3: Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Relevance: About India’s pharma sector. News: Followed the death of 66 children, the WHO issued an… Continue reading Scarred terra pharma: Gambia tragedy needs sharp regulatory response<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10500],"class_list":["post-209804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703041497},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}