Working With India To Improve Drug Quality, Safety: USFDA

Indian pharma companies have good growth potential, Hamburg said, adding if any company wants to become a significant player in the international market it will have to pay attention to global standards.

Hamburg asked the Indian health regulators to work closely with their foreign peers. "We are increasing our focus as a community of regulators to address global challenges and we work together to share information. We urge Indian regulators to join with us."

As part of an enhancing mechanism across the world, the USFDA is strengthening its India operations by having 19 investigators from the present 12, she said.

India is also 8th largest exporter of seafood and leading exporter of spices to the U.S.

On food safety regulations, Hamburg said: "We had very encouraging discussion with the Export Inspection Council and representative of food exporters. We have had a number of areas where we worked together to address food safety problems. We are preparing a framework for action and a number of collaborative activities like training and education.
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