300 fresh pharma unit applications up for approval in Gujarat: FDCA

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Gujarat, one of the major pharma manufacturing hubs in the country, is set for more action as roughly 300 new applications are up for approval with the state food and drugs control administration (FDCA). 

Amid an already established ecosystem of API units in southern parts of the state, most of the new applications are for formulations (medicines), said H G Koshia, Commissioner, Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA), Gujarat. 

"FDCA's plant approval committee has received around 300 fresh applications for pharma units in the recent times and roughly 4-5 new applicants approach the committee for approvals of their plant design