What is Indian Regulatory Body in pharmaceutical? Know all about CDSCO?

     For every country, there is its own control board or regulatory body for the approval of a pharmaceutical drug or any health supplies. The drugs may be related to human being or veterinary. The pharmaceutical industry has to take approval for the drug product from the regulatory body before launching into the market or before commercializing the drug product.
     
       Likewise, India has its own regulatory body named as CDSCO. The CDSCO comes under the Health Ministry of India.

Central Drug Standard
Control Organisation

Here we will learn;

1. What is the Full Form Of CDSCO?
2. What is CDSCO?
3. When CDSCO is established?
4. Where is the Headquarters of CDSCO?
5. How many zonal and subzonal offices of CDSCO?
6. Which laboratories are under CDSCO? 

     Let's understand the Indian Regulatory body Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).

CDSCO

1. What is the Full Form of CDSCO?

  
     The full form of CDSCO is Central Drug Standard Control Organisation. 

2. What is CDSCO?

     
   The Central Drug Standard Control Organisation is an Indian national regulatory body for pharmaceutical and medical devices, and serve a parallel function with the European Medicinal Agency (EMA), of the European Union, Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency (PMDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States and the Medicines and Healthcare Agency (HMA) of United kingdom.

      

3. When CDSCO established?

    

 CDSCO is established in 1940 under the Drug and Cosmetic Act and Rules 1945.

4. Where is the Headquarters of CDSCO?

      Headquarters of the CDSCO is located at FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi. 110002.

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5. How many Zonal and Subzonal offices of CDSCO?

      CDSCO operates his activity with different Zones and different Subzones. 

    

     There are six zonal offices and seven subzonal offices of CDSCO.

What are the names of six zonal offices of CDSCO?

Here are the 6 names and list of six zonal offices of CDSCO:

i. North zone, Gaziabad

ii. South zone, Chennai

iii. West zone, Mumbai

iv. East zone, Kolkata

V. Hyderabad zone

Vi. Ahmedabad zone

What are the names seven Subzonal offices of CDSCO?

     Here are the 7 names and lists of subzonal offices of CDSCO.

i. Banglore subzonal office

ii. Varanasi subzonal office

iii. Goa subzonal office

iv. Jammu subzonal office

v. Indore subzonal office

vi. Guwahati subzonal office

vii. Baddi subzonal office

    Apart from zonal and subzonal offices, CDSCO has thirteen (13) port offices also. The port offices names are;

• Ahmedabad port office
• Chennai port office
• Chennai airport office
• Banglore port office
• Hyderabad port office
• Goa port office
• Kochi port office
• Delhi port office
• Kolkata port office
• Kolkata air cargo 
• Mumbai air Cargo 
• Mumbai Nhava Seva
• Mumbai Custom house.

How many Laboratories under CDSCO?

    There is a total of seven (7) laboratories are under the control of CDSCO. 

6. Which Laboratories under CDSCO?

1. Central Drug Laboratory (CDI), Kolkata
2. Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL), Mumbai
3. Regional Drug Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Guwahati
4. Regional Drug Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Chandigarh
5. Central Drug Laboratory (CDL), Kasauli
6. Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL), Hyderabad
7. Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL), Chennai

What is the website of CDSCO?

www.cdsco.gov.in

Who is DCGI of CDSCO?

Dr. V.G. Somani is a DCGI of CDSCO.

Dr. VG Somani
DCGI India

Summary:

     Most of the pharmacist is known about CDSCO but some of the pharmacists don't know about CDSCO. In this article, I tried to cover basic information of CDSCO such as: 

1. What is CDSCO?
2. What is Indian Regularly Body?
3. Where is the headquarter of CDSCO?
4. How many Zonal and subzonal offices of CDSCO?
5. When CDSCO established?
6. What is the full form of CDSCO?
7. Which laboratories are under CDSCO?

    

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