{"id":6979,"date":"2024-06-14T02:53:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T02:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6979"},"modified":"2024-06-14T02:53:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T02:53:26","slug":"asias-pharma-hub-baddi-has-no-drug-testing-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/asias-pharma-hub-baddi-has-no-drug-testing-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia&#8217;s pharma hub Baddi has no drug-testing lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Himachal lacks a fully equipped drug-testing laboratory even as it houses Asias biggest pharmaceutical hub in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) industrial belt.<\/p>\n<p>The pace at which a new lab is being set up since 2017 speaks volumes about the concerns to promote quality drug manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The Composite Testing Lab (CTL) at Kandaghat is the lone drug-testing lab in the state which caters to 690 pharmaceutical units and 5,500 sale premises.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of facilities for testing injections, <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/microbiology\">Microbiology<\/a>-related tests as well as those using sophisticated equipment is a major handicap for the Drug Control Administration (DCA) in maintaining effective quality control. 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The lab which was set up in 1992 has failed to get any appreciable enhancement in equipment and staff, adversely hitting the working of the officials of the DCA.<\/p>\n<p>The project was sanctioned under the Assistance to the States for Development of Export  and <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> Allied Activities Scheme of the Central Government and funds worth Rs 8.9 crore were supposed to be received. 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