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The National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), Noida conducted a survey for the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to find out the quality of drugs sold in the Indian markets. The survey revealed that over three per cent of the drugs are substandard in the country.
Overall, out of the 47,012 samples tested, 13 samples were found to be spurious and 1,850 samples were found to be ‘Not of Standard Quality’ (NSQ). As such, the percentage of NSQ drugs in India has been found to be 3.16 per cent and that of spurious drugs 0.0245 per cent, a press statement
