‘Reducing regulatory intervention top priority’

Hyderabad: Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi on Thursday said bringing down regulatory intervention in system and making it more simpler is a priority for drug regulator.Delivering a lecture at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) in the city on the occasion of National Technology Day, he said there are currently many licences and interventions present in the system with a scope of making it much more simpler.“DCGI’s current priorities for a couple of years have been to reduce the regulatory intervention in the system,” he said. Raghuvanshi said another priority area is to improve the subject experts committee where organisations like IICT can help in terms of bringing in new specialists into the domain.DCGI will also aim to constantly keep increasing its footprint in the digital space, he added.Asked about measures to address the issue of cough syrups manufactured by some Indian companies facing problems over quality in foreign countries, he said various measures are being taken, including making interventions in the supply chain for the raw material that may be responsible for such standard. AGENCIES