Govt cancels licenses of 18 pharma companies for manufacturing spurious medicines - Video
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Cracking a whip, the Union Government has cancelled the license of 18 pharma companies for producing spurious and adulterated drugs, while 26 pharma firms have been issued show-cause notice.
This comes in the backdrop of a massive nationwide crackdown on pharma companies amid reports of spurious drugs from India being sold abroad.
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had conducted inspection on 76 pharmaceutical companies. The surprise inspections were conducted by central and state teams. A majority of the companies are from Himachal Pradesh (70), followed by Uttarakhand (45) and Madhya Pradesh (23).
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