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Health ministry to constitute special task force in each district to restrict availability of prohibited and regulated drugs like oxytocin
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Ramesh Shankar, Mumbai
September 27 , 2017
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The Union health ministry will soon constitute a special task force in
each district of each State to ensure that no prohibited/regulated drug
including oxytocin is freely available in the open market.
In a
directive to all State Drug Controllers in the country, the Drug
Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr G N Singh said that his office has
received a letter from ministry of health and family welfare vide F.No
BD/VET/CELL/13.2014(Pt-l) dated 09-05-2017 enlisting the measures which
are to be taken in order to comply with the directions of the High
Court, Himachal Pradesh, for strict regulatory control over manufacture,
sale and distribution of oxytocin and to curb its misuse in the
country.
The Court had ordered for the 'constitution of a
special task force in each district of each State to ensure that no
prohibited/regulated drug including oxytocin is freely available in each
district in open market, save and accept in the manner prescribed'.
Concerned
State Drug Controllers of the Sates where licenses for manufacturing of
oxytocin have been issued shall examine the licenses of all existing
manufacturers of oxytocin to ensure that the same have been issued
strictly in accordance with Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules 1945
and that the manufactures mandatorily comply with all the conditions of
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules 1945, framed thereunder.
Immediate appropriate actions as per the statutory provisions may be
taken wherever violations of the rules are found.
The State Drug Controllers shall place on their respective websites by 10th of
each
month details of licenses issued to various manufacturers along with
monthly statement of production and sales of oxytocin with complete
particulars and details made by the manufacturers. The manufacturers of
oxytocin shall in tum submit these details in advance so as to reach the
office of Drug Controller by 7th of every month.
The wholesalers
and retailers of all prohibited scheduled drugs including oxytocin
shall maintain records, as required under the law and the same shall be
produced for inspection after every quarter before the officer
specifically deployed for this purpose by the DCGI.
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