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Central Drug Authority to be set up shortly : Ramadoss

Ghaziabad (PTI): A Central Drug Authority (CDA) will be set up soon to tackle spurious drug trade in the country.

Speaking at a function to release the fifth edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia here on Tuesday Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss said, "A Central Drug Authority will be set up in the country very shortly to keep a check on the trade of fake and spurious medicine in the Indian market."

A law would also be enacted soon to tighten the noose on people involved in spurious drug trade, he said.

Ramadoss also inaugurated buildings of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory for the promotion of homoeopathy and other forms of natural medication in our country.

Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Panabaka Lakshmi and Nitya Anand, Chairman, Scientific Body, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) who headed the cumbersome task of bringing out this 5th edition of Pharmacopoeia, along with other members of the IPC were also present.

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