Priorities of Drugs Control Organisation 'skewed': Par panel

Slamming the Drugs Control Organisation (CDSCO) for failing to serve the interests of the consumer, the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Family Welfare held that it was taking care of the drugs industry instead.

"The Committee is of the firm opinion that most of the ills besetting the system of drugs regulation in India are mainly due to the skewed priorities and perceptions of CDSCO.

"For decades together, it has been according primacy to the propagation and facilitation of the drugs industry, due to which, unfortunately, the interest of the biggest stakeholder i.E. The consumer has never been ensured.

"Taking strong exception to the continued neglect of the poor and hapless patient, the Committee recommends that the Mission Statement of CDSCO be formulated forthwith to convey in very unambiguous terms that the organisation is solely meant for public health," the Committee held. (more)