Lok Sabha Question No. 3110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-05
Subject: Drug Testing Laboratories
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: HARI MANJHI, VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3110 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH JANUARY, 2018

## DRUG TESTING LABORAT ORIES

## 3110. SHRI HARI MANJHI: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  inadequate  number  of  drug testing  laboratories  is  one  of  the  major reasons  for circulation of spurious drugs in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of dru g testing laboratories functioning and proposed to be opened in the country, State/UT - wise;
- (c) the existing mechanism to review the functioning of drug testing laboratories;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes to  launch  a  campaign  to  create  awareness and  ensure public participation against spurious drugs, if so, the details thereof ; and
- (e) the details of steps taken to reward the whistle blowers and ensure their security as well as to safeguard the interests of honest manufacturer and traders of medicines/drugs in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): The prevalence of spurious drugs in the country has been estimated to be 0.0245% survey conducted to determine th e problem of spurious and not of standard quality drugs in th country (2014 - 16). The prevalence of such drugs, as such, is very low.
- (b): List of State drugs testing laboratories is at Annexure. Currently, there are seven Central Drug Testing Laboratories at Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Guwahati an Kasauli.

The Government has approved setting up of six Central laboratories for drug cosmetics / Medical devices and t en rug testing laboratories by States and Union Territories.

- (c): All aspects relating to functioning of Central Drugs testing laboratories are revie monitored regularly by Drugs Controller General (India) and the Ministry of Health & Fa Welfare. Similarly, the States/UTs also review the functioning of their laboratories perio

(d): The Government is committed to ensuring that the quality, safety and efficacy of are  not  compromised.  With  this  in  view,  the  Government  has  taken  a  s eries  of  measures including strengthening legal provisions, workshops and training programmes for manufactu and  regulatory  officials  and  measures  such  as  risk  based  inspections.  However,  no  sp campaign is proposed in this regard.

(e): A  Whistler Blower  Scheme  to  encourage  vigilant  public  participation  for  detection movement of spurious drugs in the country is already in place. The scheme provides for su rewarding informers for providing concrete information to regulatory authorities in r espect of movement of NSQ/misbranded/adulterated/spurious drugs.

As per Whistle Blower Policy, the identity of the whistle blower/informer is to b secret and will be known only to the concerned designated official. It will be the respon the concerned officials to keep the details of the whistle blower/informer secret.

## Annexure

| S.NO   | State            | Name and Address of Laboratory                                                                                              |
|--------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Goa              | Food & Drugs Laboratory, Bambolim Goa                                                                                       |
| 2      | Karnataka        | Office of Chief Scientific Officer, Drugs Testing Palace Road, Bangalore -560001                                            |
|        |                  | Office of Chief Scientific Officer, Regional Drugs Laboratory, Ground Floor, 2nd Cross, 2nd Stage, Colony, Bellary - 585101 |
|        |                  | Office of Chief Scientific Officer, Regional Drugs Laboratory, Plot No. 193, Industrial Area, 2nd Stage, Dharwad - 580604   |
| 3      | Kerala           | Drugs Testing Laboratory, Red Cross Road, Thiruvananthapuram, Pin - 695035                                                  |
|        |                  | Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory, Ernakulam                                                                                |
| 4      | Himachal Pradesh | Composite Testing Lab,Kandaghat,Solan,HP                                                                                    |
| 5      | Andhra Pradesh   | Drugs Control Laboratory, Siddhartha Medical College Campus, Vijaywada - 520008                                             |
| 6      | Gujarat          | Food and Drug Laboratory, Near Polytechnic, Vadodara                                                                        |
| 7      | Tamil Nadu       | Government Analyst, Drugs Testing Laboratory, Teynampet(DMS Campus) Chennai -6.                                             |
|        |                  | Government Analyst, Dept. of Biological Control, King Institute of Preventive Medicine Research, Guindy, - 32               |
| 8      | Rajasthan        | Drugs testing laboratory, Mandir marg, sethi colony, (Rajasthan) - 302004                                                   |
| 9      | Puducherry       | Department of Food & Drug Testing, Drug Testing Gorimedu                                                                    |
| 10     | Chattishgarh     | Drugs testing Laboratory, Kalibadi Raipur, - 492001                                                                         |
| 11     | Punjab           | Drug testing laboratory, Chandigarh                                                                                         |
| 12     | Bihar            | Bihar Drugs control laboratory , Agamkuan, Patna                                                                            |
| 13     | Odisha           | State drug testing and research laboratory, Odisha, Bhubaneswar                                                             |
| 14     | Jharkhand        | Jharkhand state drugs testing laboratory, Namkun, - 834010.                                                                 |
| 15     | Tripura          | State Drug Testing Laboratory, Agartala                                                                                     |
| 16     | Meghalaya        | Food & Drug Laboratory, Pesteur Institute, Shillong, Meghalaya - 793001                                                     |
| 17     | Jammu & Kashmir  | Combined Food & Drug Laboratories, Patoli Mangotrian, Jammu                                                                 |

|   18 | Maharashtra    | Drug Control Laboratory, Survey No. 341, Bandra kurla Complex, bandra (East), 400051                                         |
|------|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   18 | Maharashtra    | Drug Control Laboratory, Third Floor, Nath Super Aurangpura, Aurangabad - 431001                                             |
|   19 | Haryana        | Drug testing laboratory, Sector 11D, Chandigarh                                                                              |
|   20 | West Bengal    | EFRAC, Subhash Nagar, P. O. Nilganj Bazar, Barasat, Kolkata - 700121                                                         |
|   21 | Telangana      | Drugs Control Laboratory, Vengal Rao Nagar, Hyderabad                                                                        |
|   22 | Chandigarh     | Drug testing laboratory, Chandigarh (The Gov. of UT Chandigarh approved Drugs Testing Laboratory of State for UT Chandigarh) |
|   23 | Uttar Pradesh  | Government analyst, UP O/o Food and drug testing Sector C, Aliganj, Lucknow                                                  |
|   24 | Delhi          | Drug Testing Laboratory, A - 20, Lawrence Road, Delhi - 110035                                                               |
|   25 | Madhya Pradesh | DRUG TESTING LABORATORY, Food & Drugs Administration, IdgahHills, Bhopal (M.P.) - 462032                                     |
|   26 | Uttarakhand    | Drug Testing Laboratory, Dehradun                                                                                            |