Quality control of Ayush drugs

Quality control of Ayush drugs

Subject : Government Schemes

Section: Health

Steps taken:

 Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940:

• It enforces the legal provisions and provides the regulatory guidelines for the issuance of drug license of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathic drugs.
• The power to issue license is vested with the State drug Controllers/ State Licensing Authorities appointed by the concerned State/ Union Territory Government.

Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H):

• It is a subordinate office under Ministry of Ayush lays down Pharmacopocial Standards and Formulary specifications for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) drugs within the ambit of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940, which serve as official compendia for ascertaining the quality of the drugs included therein.
• It has an appellate drug testing laboratory that receives the samples from Government agencies.

AYUSH OushadhiGunvatta Evam UttpadanSamvardhan Yojana (AOGUSY):

• It is implemented by Ministry of Ayush(Central Sector Scheme)to enhance India’s manufacturing capabilities and exports and facilitate adequate infrastructural & technological upgradation.
• It strengthens regulatory frameworks for effective quality control and Pharmacovigilance of ASU&H drugs by surveillance of misleading advertisements of Ayush drugs and develop standards and accreditation/ certification of Ayush products & materials in BIS, QCI) and other R&D centres.

AYUSH

AYUSH is an acronym for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy and are the six Indian systems of medicine prevalent and practiced in India and some of the neighboring Asian countries with very few exceptions in some of the developed countries