As many as 14 drug manufacturing units were given subsidy for
strengthening in-house laboratories as per GMP requirements, as part of
the efforts to strengthen quality control of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and
Homoeopathy (ASU&H) drugs in the country, in the recent times.
Disclosing this in an official release here, the Department of Ayush said 13 State drug testing laboratories, 11 State pharmacies and 30 State Licensing Authorities were given financial support amounting to Rs.6.20 crore for improving drug testing facilities, production capacity and enforcement mechanism respectively.During 2009-10 to 2012-13 for mainstreaming of Ayush under National Rural Health Mission, grants-in-aid amounting to Rs.553.00 crore was given to the State/ UT Governments for establishment of new Ayush facilities in 803 Additional Primary Health Centre/ Primary Health Centre, 113 Community HealthCentres, 24 District Hospitals and for upgradation of 379 Exclusive Ayush hospitals and 415 Dispensaries. During 2011-12, Department of Ayush also supported for setting up of six units of 50 bedded Integrated Ayush Hospitals at Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand and five units of 10 bedded Integrated Ayush hospitals at Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Sikkim. Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Medicine (PCIM) was set up in 2010 to oversee the development of quality standards of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drugs and to reinforce the functioning of Pharmacopoeia Committees and Voluntary quality certification scheme for Ayush products was started in collaboration with Quality Council of India (QCI).Regulatory reforms have been taken with regard to GMP guidelines for mineral and herbo-mineral formulations, expiry dates of ASU drugs, requirements for licensing of patent or proprietary ASU medicines, inspection of drug testing laboratories and amendment in labelling provisions, the department said.During 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, Government aided colleges were given grants-in-aid amounting to Rs.85.17 crore for upgrading their infrastructure and improving the quality of education under the Central Sponsored Scheme for Development of Ayush institutions. Permission was granted to eight new Ayurveda Medical Colleges.
Source:Phrmabiz
Disclosing this in an official release here, the Department of Ayush said 13 State drug testing laboratories, 11 State pharmacies and 30 State Licensing Authorities were given financial support amounting to Rs.6.20 crore for improving drug testing facilities, production capacity and enforcement mechanism respectively.During 2009-10 to 2012-13 for mainstreaming of Ayush under National Rural Health Mission, grants-in-aid amounting to Rs.553.00 crore was given to the State/ UT Governments for establishment of new Ayush facilities in 803 Additional Primary Health Centre/ Primary Health Centre, 113 Community HealthCentres, 24 District Hospitals and for upgradation of 379 Exclusive Ayush hospitals and 415 Dispensaries. During 2011-12, Department of Ayush also supported for setting up of six units of 50 bedded Integrated Ayush Hospitals at Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand and five units of 10 bedded Integrated Ayush hospitals at Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Sikkim. Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Medicine (PCIM) was set up in 2010 to oversee the development of quality standards of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drugs and to reinforce the functioning of Pharmacopoeia Committees and Voluntary quality certification scheme for Ayush products was started in collaboration with Quality Council of India (QCI).Regulatory reforms have been taken with regard to GMP guidelines for mineral and herbo-mineral formulations, expiry dates of ASU drugs, requirements for licensing of patent or proprietary ASU medicines, inspection of drug testing laboratories and amendment in labelling provisions, the department said.During 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, Government aided colleges were given grants-in-aid amounting to Rs.85.17 crore for upgrading their infrastructure and improving the quality of education under the Central Sponsored Scheme for Development of Ayush institutions. Permission was granted to eight new Ayurveda Medical Colleges.
Source:Phrmabiz
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