India, Oct. 11 -- Despite the completion of modern drug-testing laboratories in Indore and Jabalpur six years ago, the Madhya Pradesh Government continues to send all medicine samples to Bhopal for testing.
This ongoing issue has come to the forefront again following the recent deaths of several children in the state, allegedly due to contaminated cough syrup. The situation has sparked concerns about the effectiveness of the state's drug quality control system, especially in light of the delay in making the new labs fully operational.
The construction of the two drug-testing laboratories in Indore and Jabalpur was initiated in 2019, with the objective of strengthening the state's capacity to test medicines locally and expedite the drug ap...