By Zeba Siddiqui and Sumeet Chatterjee MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian drugs regulator is among the first to admit that oversight of the nation's huge pharmaceutical industry can be patchy. G.L. Singhal, chief regulator of northern Haryana state, a drugs manufacturing hub, says he needs double the number of inspectors if he is to properly scrutinize factories there. Inspectors are so overburdened, and their nature of duty is very serious," Singhal told Reuters. There are just 1,500 drug inspectors responsible for more than 10,000 factories in India, where one in every 22 locally made samples was of sub-standard quality according to a study carried out two years ago. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..
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