New Delhi: According to officials, India will share his expertise in drug regulations with selected countries.
A plan has been proposed by the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), an autonomous organ under the health minister of Union, to train drug controllers from Africa, Southeast Asia and the SAARC region.
SAARC is shortly before the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
This initiative, part of the International Training and Education Center for Health) program of the Ministry of External Affairs (ITech), aims to strengthen the knowledge of the regulations and to facilitate the exchange of best practices.
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In collaboration with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), the NIHFW has developed training proposals that have been submitted to the Ministry of Health, said NIHFW director Dr. Dheeraj Shah.
The proposed training sessions will focus on multiple aspects of vaccine and drug tests carried out in India, including the process for granting marketing permit for new pharmaceutical products, Dr. Shah out.
As part of the program, participating countries will also be introduced in the approach of India for surveillance of drug quality. This includes random sampling of medicines from markets and production locations, followed by testing in government laboratories to guarantee compliance with safety standards.
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The NIHFW will organize these training sessions on campus. In the past two years, the Institute has trained 1,477 drug controllers from CDSCO and various government agencies in a residential program to improve their knowledge, skills and possibilities in inspections, research and file assessments.
“The improved quality of research and prosecution has led to an increased conviction rate by 5-10% (in India) in the last two years,” said Dr. Shah.
“These training programs are aimed at improving the trust of drug controllers and to improve the quality of inspections and investigations to guarantee effective persecution, leading to better conviction rates,” Dr. Shah.
672 drug controllers of the state have also followed a training in the past two years.
Furthermore, the CDSCO has organized several workshops throughout the country on the updated schedule M, which determines the standards for good production practices. These sessions, held in hybrid mode, have seen participation of 39,107 industrial representatives in the last two years.
