The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), India’s home grown equivalent of FDA of the US is setting up a EXIM port office in Bangalore.

According to an DCGI topper, the export-import center in Bangalore International Airport will help pharma makers in Bangalore in having a hassle-free dedicated export and import place for pharmaceuticals products.

“This is in view to address the long pending demand from the industry in Bangalore. They wanted a exports and imports center at the Bangalore airport. The setting up of this port will save time for the pharma exporters in Bangalore,” Dr Surinder Singh, Drug Controller General of India, CDSCO said in Bangalore. “The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) authorities have also given us space for a sub-zonal office in Karnataka. Mani Vannan, Senior Deputy Director, Port Facility will take over as head assisted by two Assistant Drug Inspectors.”

Source : BioSpectrum (more…)