jennifer
01-08-2008, 04:28 AM
CHENNAI:- India and the United States will set up committees that will work together on setting up a Food and Drug Authority-like regulatory body in India, the health leaders of both the nations said on Monday.
U.S. Secretary of Health Michael Leavitt said a team of officials would be formed to work with their Indian counterparts to provide technical support to establish quality standards on the basis of best available science.
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said his government would also set up two working groups, one comprising bureaucrats, and the other a technical group comprising scientists who will, in six months’ time, identify key areas of quality concern in the food and drug industry in the country and work with U.S. experts to sort out issues...Read... (http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/08/stories/2008010856241300.htm)
U.S. Secretary of Health Michael Leavitt said a team of officials would be formed to work with their Indian counterparts to provide technical support to establish quality standards on the basis of best available science.
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said his government would also set up two working groups, one comprising bureaucrats, and the other a technical group comprising scientists who will, in six months’ time, identify key areas of quality concern in the food and drug industry in the country and work with U.S. experts to sort out issues...Read... (http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/08/stories/2008010856241300.htm)