Government outlines Katoch panel recommendations for boosting API manufacturing

摘要

A government panel on bulk drugs industry has suggested setting up of mega parks to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with common facilities like testing, power and effluent treatment plants. It has also recommended fiscal and financial benefits to promote the sector. The Katoch Committee, set up by the government to study and identify APIs of critical importance and suggest ways to reduce India's dependence on their imports, has given a road map for the growth of bulk drug industry, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mr. Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said in reply to a ques- tion in Lok Sabha recently. It has also suggested establishment of common utilities and services such as storage, testing laboratories, IPR management, designing, guest house/accommodation etc., maintained by a separate special purpose vehicle (SPV), he added.