Lok Sabha Question No. 170 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: Implementation of UCPMP
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan, Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *170

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 rd  March, 2020

## Implementation of UCPMP

## *170.  SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN: SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has asked pharmaceutical companies to abide by the Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  make  compliance  of  the  UCPMP mandatory and if so, the steps taken/being taken in this regard;
- (d) the mechanism adopted by the Government for strict vigil on unethical practices being  followed  by  pharma  companies  by  offering/giving  inducements  to  medical practitioners; and
- (e)  the  number  of  cases  registered  in  connection  with  fake  brands  during  the  last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SHRI D. V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

- (a), (b) & (d): Yes,  Sir.  Department  has  recently  taken  two  meetings  in  order  to review  the  implementation  of  the  Uniform  Code  of  Pharmaceutical  Marketing Practices  (UCPMP) with the pharmaceutical and medical device associations held on 23.12.2019 and 14.02.2020. In these meetings associations have been asked to upload UCPMP on their websites without any delay and comply with its provisions including formation of Ethics Committee for Pharma Marketing Practices (ECPMP) and  Apex  Ethics  Committee  for  Pharmaceuticals  Marketing  Practices  (AECPMP) and to also upload contact details and procedure to file complaints on their website. Associations have also been asked to submit quarterly report to National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA).
- (c): No, Sir.
- (e):As  per  the  information  received  from  various    State/U.T.  Drugs  Controllers  the No. of drugs samples tested, No. of drugs samples declared sub-standard quality, spurious/ adulterated drugs, its percentage and action taken during last five years is enclosed as Annexure A. Such information received from various Zonal/Sub-zonal offices of CDSCO is enclosed as Annexure B .

## Annexure-A

## Number of samples tested and enforcement actions taken by States/UTs Drugs Controller during last five years

| Year    | No. of drugs sample s tested   | No. of drugs samples declared not of standard quality   |   %No. of drugs sample s declare d not of standar d quality |   No. of drugs sample s declare d spuriou s/ adulter ated |   % No. of drugs samples declared spurious/ adulterated |   No. of prosecutio n launched for manufactur ing, sale and distributio n of spurious/ adulterated drugs |   No. of cases (as mention ed in the earlier column) decided |   No. of perso ns arrest ed | Approx. value of drug seized (in INR)   | No. of Raids Conduc ted   |
|---------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 74199                          | 3702                                                    |                                                        4.98 |                                                        83 |                                                    0.11 |                                                                                                      152 |                                                           10 |                          85 | 58251111                                | 14042                     |
| 2015-16 | 74,586                         | 3703                                                    |                                                        4.96 |                                                       234 |                                                    0.31 |                                                                                                      289 |                                                            2 |                          59 | 55313470.5 + Govt. Supply               | 3648                      |
| 2016-17 | 76,721                         | 2,780                                                   |                                                        3.6  |                                                       123 |                                                    0.16 |                                                                                                      186 |                                                           17 |                         106 | 7,72,68,717.5                           | 10,921                    |
| 2017-18 | 82,599                         | 2783                                                    |                                                        3.36 |                                                       236 |                                                    0.28 |                                                                                                      131 |                                                           16 |                         163 | 17,86,08,008                            | 7067                      |
| 2018-19 | 76,101                         | 2,549                                                   |                                                        3.35 |                                                       205 |                                                    0.27 |                                                                                                      484 |                                                           77 |                         153 | 80389057 (Approx.)                      | 33,492                    |

## Annexure-B

## Number of samples tested and enforcement actions taken by Zonal/Sub-zonal offices of CDSCO during last five years

| Year    |   No. of drugs sampl es tested |   No. of drugs samples declared not of standard quality |   %No. of drugs sample s declare d not of standar d quality | No. of drugs sample s declare d spuriou s/ adulter ated   |   % No. of drugs samples declared spurious/ adulterated | No. of prosecutio n launched for manufactur ing, sale and distributio n of spurious/ adulterated drugs   | No. of cases (as mention ed in the earlier column) decided   | No. of perso ns arrest ed   | Approx. value of drug seized (in INR)   |   No. of Raid s Cond ucte d |
|---------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                           3605 |                                                     121 |                                                        3.36 | 0                                                         |                                                   0     | Nil                                                                                                      | Nil                                                          | Nil                         | Nil                                     |                          48 |
| 2015-16 |                           2897 |                                                     115 |                                                        3.96 | 5                                                         |                                                   0.17  | 38                                                                                                       | Nil                                                          | 4                           | 21052298                                |                          42 |
| 2016-17 |                           5207 |                                                     146 |                                                        2.8  | Nil                                                       |                                                   0     | 21                                                                                                       | 4                                                            | Nil                         | 3911850                                 |                          56 |
| 2017-18 |                           7088 |                                                     381 |                                                        5.37 | 2                                                         |                                                   0.028 | 17                                                                                                       | 1                                                            | 6                           | 8820385                                 |                           8 |
| 2018-19 |                          10382 |                                                     310 |                                                        2.98 | 5                                                         |                                                   0.048 | 31                                                                                                       | 9                                                            | 4                           | 38218920                                |                          52 |

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