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Interstate communication should be encouraged to stop cross border transportation of spurious drugs: Kamalasan Reddy
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Peethaambaran Kunnathoor, Chennai
February 28 , 2025
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The director general of the Telangana drugs control administration (DCA), VB Kamalasan Reddy has said that the national drug regulatory authority should engage in interstate communication to detect and stop cross border transportation of spurious and counterfeit drugs.
He was formally inaugurating the newly formed drug regulatory officers' charitable trust, Drug Control Officers (India) Welfare Trust (DCOIWT) in Hyderabad.
He said the national body of drug regulatory officers should work focusing their attention on people’s health and social services as they are the protectors of human lives. They must help ensure public health and safety by ensuring compliance with pharmaceutical safety standards and protocols. While the charitable trust is working for the drug control officers, the officers must work for the whole public.
Reddy said, since the regulators have a national body, the member-officers must develop interstate communication and exchange ideas to detect and stop the menace of spurious and counterfeit drugs. This is a service on their part to protect the public health.
The inauguration of the welfare trust was carried out in a grand function at Hotel Vaishnavi Grand in Hyderabad, organized by the Drug Control Officers (India) Welfare Association (DCO India).
The welfare trust was formed in January this year under the Societies Registration Act, and the inaugural function was conducted within one month.
The chairman of the Trust, G Koteeswara Rao, who is also the president of the DCO India, said from now on all the charitable and welfare activities of DCO India will be done by the trust. The association will concentrate on training programs, continuous educational programmes and other social activities. The funds required for the activities of the association, DCO India, will be provided or raised by the trust.
Rao further said the trust will provide financial assistance for medical care to the members, and in case of death of a member-officer of the association, the trust will provide lump sum assistance to the bereaved family irrespective of the cause of death. Similarly, the welfare trust will act as a service coordinator to the members of the association for all kinds of health issues and other needs.
After the inaugural function, a workshop was conducted on “Power, Procedure, and Duties of Drugs Inspectors,” and the speaker was N K Ahooja, former drug controller in Haryana. He said the drug inspectors should work as facilitators for the pharmaceutical sector, and not as stranglers.
Ahooja said, “all the drugs inspectors notified under Section 21 of Drugs Act are given power under Section 22, which is to be used as per procedure prescribed under Section 23 for performance of duties as per Rule 51 and 52. These are subject to instructions of controlling authority. Inspectors should always act as a friend, philosopher and guide to the industry and the trade. They are facilitators, not stranglers.”
Followed by Ahooja, two more sessions were held. Lalit Kumar Goel, deputy drug controller of Haryana spoke on, ‘Labelling of Drugs’, and D. Hanumantha Rao, former drug controller of Telangana spoke on, ‘Precautions required before filing complaints’.
The event saw participation from industry leaders, representatives from IPA, IPGA, IDMA, BDMA and DCOIWA. The program concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. A. Ramkishan, treasurer of the association.
The welfare trust, DCOIWT, consists of 11 members. They are G Koteshwar Rao, (chairman), Lalit Kumar Goel (co-chairman), Dr A Ramkishan (treasurer), Dr H G Koshia, Rakesh Dahiya, Dr Manish Kapoor, Umesh S, R V Zadbuke, Pooran Chand, D R Gahane and V D Dobaria.
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