Stern action erring drug manufacturers : Vipin Singh Parmar

5 Dariya News

Shimla 13-Feb-2018

The State Government is committed to provide better health facilities to people in the State and no compromise will be made in matter of health related issues, said Health Minister Vipin Parmar here at Shimla today.He said Himachal Pradesh is hub of Pharma industry where reputed National and Multinational companies have drug manufacturing plants located in different parts of the State. He said quality should also be maintained in production of drugs being manufactured in the State. Stern action will be taken against the erring drug manufacturers whose samples of drug have failed recently. Health Department undertakes sampling of drugs in the state from time to time to ascertain quality of medicines. He said it was unfortunate that 33 samples out of 1065 samples of drugs collected by the department failed in quality norms.He said as the matter was related to health of persons the manufacturing companies should adhere to the norms of pharmaceutical industry and all possible precautions be taken in production line. In case the samples of company fail it could be blacklisted as life of human beings was precious.