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| 14000 pharma licenses under review, many likely to be cancelled | | Govt. wakes up to spurious drug menace | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 4 : In order to tackle the growing spurious drug menace in Kashmir, the government has decided to cancel the drug sale licenses not used by the proprietors as per the terms and conditions laid down by the government. Besides cancellation, the government has also settled on not to issue any further licenses to persons with matriculation qualification and instead the licenses will be issued to aspirants with bachelors in pharmacy.
Taj Mohiuddin, Minster for Health and Medical Education said that government will review 14000 licenses that have been issued 2001 onwards in Kashmir. "We will see whether the license holders are using these licenses properly as per the guidelines set by the government.
The problem of spurious drug menace is more rampant in small towns where the proprietors have either sub let their licenses or do not run the pharmaceutical shops themselves," Taj added.
The minister for health and medical education said that his department will move a proposal soon the cabinet meets next for issuance of an ordinance in this regard. "We will press for an ordinance by virtue of which the pharmaceutical licenses would be issued only to applicants possessing bachelors in pharmacy and we will not entertain any of the applicant having matriculation qualification with five years of experience as was a norm in past," he added.
"Till the cabinet meets next we have unofficially decided not to issue any license anymore."
He said that samples of drugs are being lifted from nook and corner of the state especially from the rural areas and small towns. "We cannot check the medicine at the entry points because it comes in bulk so we will have to apply other possible alternatives to curb this menace," Taj informed KNS. Pertinently, a government report on drug sample analysis submitted before the High Court last week said that 83 fresh samples, out of 3130 have been substandard. Taj said that various agencies including Central Drug Control Organization (CDCO) is on job lifting samples from the state to test their efficacy. |
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