Jammu and Kashmir government today suspended license of three drug suppliers and withdrew license of two manufacturers after laboratory tests found their products "sub-standard".
The State Licensing Authority has issued necessary orders for indefinite suspension of the licenses of three firms namely, M/s Ethicare Laboratories, M/s Vivek Pharmachem (India) Ltd and M/s Biosearch Organics, an official spokesman said.
The Licenses of two firms -- M/s A K Biotech and M/s Minil Laboratories -- have been withdrawn in part to manufacture drugs.
The action comes a day after lab tests found 27 drugs -- obtained from Government hospitals and open market -- of not standard quality.
The Inspectorate Staff of the Drug and Food Control Organisation has seized the drugs worth Rs 6 lakh of the available stocks of the substandard drugs mentioned above from institutions and open market, the spokesman said.
