The DGCI claims that despite directives from the highest regulator for compliance with the Delhi High Court s judgement, unauthorised internet pharmacies continue to operate.
"It is clear that perhaps premature deduction was drawn on September 29th itself regarding the cause of death. Every subsequent alert or publication from the WHO only seems to be a reaffirmation of.
In the letter to World Health Organization's director of regulation and prequalification Rogerio Gaspar, Drugs Controller General VG Somani said that the technical committee found that "the products have been found not to have been contaminated with DEG or EG as per the test reports. These reports have been made available to the aforesaid Technical Committee examining them."
The problem isn't that the Indian government is backing novel technologies even before they have been proven. It's that the Indian drug regulator is dysfunctional.
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has done away with specific trials of COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved by other international regulatory bodies - a big move likely to clear the way for foreign vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna for the country s urgent requirement.