India cancels licences of some drug firms in crackdown on fake products

30/3/2023 18:09

        Indian authorities have cancelled or suspended licences of some domestic drug companies as part of action taken against 76 pharmaceutical firms this month for selling adulterated or fake products, a government source said on Thursday.
        
        India is known as the 'pharmacy of the world' and its pharmaceuticals exports have more than doubled over the past decade to $24.5 billion in 2021-22.
        
        But that image has been dented by the death of at least 70 children in Gambia and 19 children in Uzbekistan last year linked to drugs made by India-based pharmaceutical companies.
        
        Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed a crackdown but did not give details of companies against which action had been taken.