Shimla, Dec. 21 -- After 47 medicine samples manufactured in Himachal Pradesh failed quality tests, the state drug controller Manish Kapoor has issued notices to the concerned pharmaceutical companies, asking them to recall their stock from the market.

These samples were part of a larger batch of 200 drugs tested nationwide that were found to be below standard, prompting the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to issue a drug alert.

The list of failed medicines, released earlier this week, stems from continuous regulatory surveillance, where samples are collected from sales and distribution points for laboratory testing.

Out of the 200 substandard samples tested across India, 47 were manufactured in Himachal Pradesh, co...