Maharashtra FDA has till date granted 1,67502 licenses as part of implementing the online system across the state based on 1,72,869 applications made online. The online platform is aimed at accomplishing timely disposal of renewal of licenses, testing licences, licences for additional products, performance certificate and free sale licences among others.

Aimed at speeding up issuance of licences and certificates in the state online, other licenses offered online are related to loan licences, test licences, certificates, additional products and renewals.

Ever since it was launched in April, 2014, the online system called as XLN system has led to drastic improvement in terms of processing of renewal of licenses and granting of certificates with less bureaucratic hassles.

The system has been able to simplify the process of granting certificates and licenses. Procedures now happen in a paperless and seamless manner which has considerably brought down the time taken to as minimum as 15 days.

Apart from renewal of licenses and licenses for additional products, applications for licensees also include certificates required for exports and others like free sale certificate, no conviction certificate, capacity certificate, general GMP certificate, GLP certificate and market standing certificate.

The XLN system, according to a senior FDA official is also a boon for over 3,278 existing manufacturing units across the state as the system will deliver online approvals for over 6 certificates required by pharma manufacturing units.

Online system has been set up after conducting training programme under the guidance of National Informatics Centre (NIC) in all the divisions to sensitise officials about the attributes of the new online system.