FSDA intensifies scrutiny of medicine pricing in UP Hospitals; Inspection drive held in 17 districts

Lucknow, Oct 4 (UNI) With the aim of providing patients with quality medicines at fair prices, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA), Uttar Pradesh, has intensified its scrutiny of pricing and purchase-sale systems for medicines in the pharmacies of hospitals and medical colleges. Under a statewide special campaign, intensive inspections were carried out in 17 districts at the pharmacies of nine government medical colleges, 11 private medical colleges and 32 private hospitals. During the campaign, departmental teams specifically examined the price at which hospital pharmacies were obtaining medicines from manufacturers and suppliers, and the price at which those same…