{"id":210142,"date":"2022-10-11T20:19:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=210142"},"modified":"2022-10-11T20:19:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:49:32","slug":"the-message-in-a-bottle-on-quality-from-gambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-message-in-a-bottle-on-quality-from-gambia\/","title":{"rendered":"The message in a bottle on quality from Gambia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>The message in a bottle on quality from Gambia\u201d <\/strong>published in\u00a0Live Mint<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a011th<\/sup> October 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance:\u00a0<\/strong>loopholes present in the regulation of pharma companies in India<\/strong><\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> 66 children have lost their lives in Gambia after consuming contaminated cough syrup manufactured in India. Findings of the various reports highlight quality issues in the cough syrup.<\/p>\n

What are the findings of WHO?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

WHO found unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol<\/strong> in the syrups. They both are toxic for humans and can lead to serious injury or death, especially in children.<\/p>\n

Diethylene glycol is cheaper, which is why it could have been used by the manufacturer. However, manufacturers are responsible for maintaining quality and following good manufacturing practices.<\/p>\n

The health ministry\u2019s statement that the four syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals were meant for sale only in Gambia and not India is also misleading.<\/p>\n

Moreover, investigation by other agencies also highlights that there has been violation of laws by the pharma company.<\/p>\n

What are the findings of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The investigation carried out by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and state regulators suggest that there has been violation of laws by Maiden Pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n

Maiden\u2019s products have failed regulatory tests in several states. It was fined in Kerala for selling low-quality drugs and was blacklisted by Bihar.<\/p>\n

Even though the drug maker continued to manufacture low quality drugs.<\/p>\n

What are the regulatory problems associated with drug manufacturing companies in India?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The drug regulation in India works in isolation with other states and drugs that fail quality tests in one state can keep selling in other states.<\/p>\n

There is also a lack of coordination among states and central regulators and it is further worsened by the absence of a central drug recall mechanism.<\/p>\n

The CDSCO estimated that around 5% sub-standard drugs are being sold by Indian manufacturers and there is no proper measure to stop it.<\/p>\n

Indian pharma companies have also been penalized by the US in the past for selling low quality drugs.<\/p>\n

Therefore, compromise with medicines on standards can have devastating consequences at home or elsewhere in the world.<\/p>\n

Bad drugs can cost lives and such losses make global news which may provide a negative image for India as a \u2018pharmacy of the world\u2019.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the government must take urgent steps to correct all issues in our drug testing and regulatory system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cThe message in a bottle on quality from Gambia\u201d published in\u00a0Live Mint\u00a0on\u00a011th October 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Governance Relevance:\u00a0loopholes present in the regulation of pharma companies in India News: 66 children have lost their lives in Gambia after consuming contaminated cough syrup manufactured in India. Findings of… Continue reading The message in a bottle on quality from Gambia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"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":[212,10501],"class_list":["post-210142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704841974},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210142","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}