July 17, 2010

In order to educate the indenting agents regarding their role under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the recently formed All India Pharma Indenting Agents Association will hold a one-day workshop on July 23 in Mumbai for its members. Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr Surinder Singh is scheduled to inaugurate the one-day event which will be held at FDA Bhawan in Mumbai.

Association president BR Sikri said that the workshop will be a good opportunity for the indenting agents in the country to know their role and responsibilities as per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Senior drug authorities, who will be present in the workshop, will deliver details about how to fill up form D-1 and D-2 and also how to coordinate with the manufacturers. Senior CDSCO officials like assistant drug controller general of India and joint drug controller general of India are expected to attend the one-day workshop.

There has been an inordinate delay in getting the registration and re-registration of import licenses from the DCGI office, mainly due to the procedural issues. It was to take these issues, that the indenting agents of the pharma industry in the country had recently come together to form an association. The number of intending agents who had come together to form the All India Pharma Indenting Agents Association is around 50.

The indenting agents are the mediators between the manufacturers and the importers. The DCGI issues Form 41 to the indenting agents and against the Form 41 the indenting agents issue Form 9 to the importers as per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and then the importer applies to the DCGI for Form 10 which permits them to import the registered drugs. The validity of Form 41, Form 9 and Form 10 is for three years from the date of issuance.

So far, there was no proper platform for the indenting agents in the country to express their grievances with the drug authorities.

The Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil), an autonomous trade promotion body under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, will lead a delegation of six major Indian companies to South Korea as part of its effort to explore the export potential in the backdrop of the recently accorded partnership agreement between the two countries.

As part of a series of measures to counter the multinational companies'(MNCs) propaganda against the Indian generic drugs in the African countries, the Union Commerce Ministry will soon embark on yet another 'Brand India Promotion' programme in the African countries by leading a high level delegation to the African countries like Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya from March 28 to April 10.

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