CDSCO flags 186 drugs that fail to meet quality standards
New Delhi, June 21 -- The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has listed at least 186 drugs and formulations as not of standard quality (NSQ) in May, after both central and state testing laboratories across the country flagged these samples, according to national drugs regulator's alert issued on Friday.
Two samples were found to be spurious.
Data accessed by HT for the year so far, showed that at least 561 samples were labelled as NSQ by the national drugs regulator while three samples were found to be spurious. NSQ drugs are those that fail to meet the quality standards or specifications, including those pertaining to labelling, dissolution, weight uniformity, and sterility.
According to a release issued by CDSCO, of the 1...
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