The Union health ministry has issued the list of drug manufacturers whose more than five samples have been failed in the National Drug Survey conducted by National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) across the country to check the proportion of drug samples failing in quality testing. There are a total of 66 companies in the list, some of them prominent companies, whose 946 drugs have been found to be not of standard quality (NSQ) drugs in the Survey.
The health ministry had conducted the survey last year and the result was declared in February this year. Compiled in 400 pages of well documented evidence-based study, the survey which tested 47,012 samples revealed that 13 samples (0.0245%) were spurious and 1,850 samples (3.16%) were NSQ. A copy of full report of the Survey has already been uploaded on CDSCO website for public information. In general review meeting of the Ministry on 06.07.2017, it was decided that the list of drug manufacturers where more than five samples have been failed, be put on CDSCO website separately.
As per the list, New Delhi-based Unicure India Ltd tops the list with 61 NSQ drug samples declared in national drug survey, followed by Halewood Laboratories Ahmedabad, with 48 NSQ drugs and Scott-Edil Pharmacia, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh with 45 drugs declared as NSQ.
The list includes Jackson Laboratories, Amritsar (36 NSQs); Zim Laboratories, Nagpur, Maharashtra (30); Shiva Biogenetics Pharmaceuticals, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (30); Acme Diet Care Ahmedabad Gujarat (30); Vintochem Pharmaceuticals Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh (28); Mercury Laboratories Limited, Vadodara, Gujarat (28); Om Biomedic, Haridwar, Uttarakhand (28); Pfizer Limited, Thane, Maharashtra (25); Zee Laboratories, Paonta Sahib (25); Zee Laboratories Limited Behind 47, Paonta Sahib (23); Indchemie Health Specialities, Rangpo, East Sikkim (21); Medipol Pharma, Baddi,,Himachal Pradesh (20); Laobrate Pharmaceuticals, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh (19); Super Formulations Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh (17); Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals, Peenya, Bangalore (15); Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals, Alappuzha, Kerala (14); Norris Medicine, Ankelshwar, Gujarat (14); and Laborate Pharmaceuticals, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh (14).
Others in the list are Skymap Pharmaceuticals, Pohana, Roorkee (13); Modern Laboratories, Indore, Madhya Pradesh (13); Crescent Therapeutics, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (13); Nandani Medical Laboratories, Indore, Madhya Pradesh (12); Theramax Laboratories, Kailash Nagar, Ambala (11); Ridley Life Science, Narela, Delhi (11); Korten Pharmaceuticals, Thane, Maharashtra (11); Anrose Pharma Solan, Himachal Pradesh (11); IDPL TN Ltd, Nandambakkam, Chennai (10); Ind Swift Limited, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (10); Martin And Brown Bio-Science Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (10); Uttar Pradesh Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd, Lucknow (10); Alembic Pharmaceutical, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (9); Crystal Pharmaceuticals, Model Town, Ambala City (9); Dr Reddys Laboratories, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (9); Eurokem Laboratories, Alathur, Thiruporur (9); Gopish Pharma, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (9); Psychotropics India, Rampur, Haridwar (9); Alkem Laboratories, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (8); Biogenetic Drugs, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (8); CI Laboratories, B.L.Shah Road, Kolkata (8); E.G. Pharmaceuticals, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (8); Hab Pharmaceuticals And Research, Selaqui, Dehradun (8); Regent Ajanta Biotech, Roorkee, Uttarakhand (8); Stadmed Pvt Ltd, Jawpore Road, Kolkata (8); Yeluri Formulations, Medak, Telangana (8 ); and RKG Pharma, Mathura Road, Faridabad (8).
Alkem Laboratories Ltd.Sikkim, Rangpo, EastSikkim (7); Arvind Remedies, Thiruvellore Dist. Tamil Nadu (7); Cipla Ltd, Rangpo,Sikkim (7); Modi Lifecare Industries, Ahmedabad, Gujrat (7); Neutec Health Care, Narela Industrial Area, Delhi (7); Vivek Pharmachem India, Chirnanpura, Amer, Jaipur (7); Bharat Parenterals, Vadodara, Gujarat (6); J.B. Remedies, Haridwar, Uttarakhand (6): Kemwell Biopharma, Nelamangala, Bangalore (6); Konis Pharmaceuticals, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (6); Mercury Laboratories, Vadodara, Gujarat (6); Micron Pharmaceuticals, Vapi, Gujarat (6); Nitin Lifesciences, Karnal, Haryana (6); Noel Pharma India, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (6); Park Pharmaceuticals, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (6); Remidex Pharma, Bengluru (6); Vinny Healthcare, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (6); and Zydus Healthcare, Rangpo, East Sikkim (6) also figure in the list.