India set to mandate coding of all drugs to curb fakes
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
India is planning to take additional steps to curb the menace of spurious and counterfeit drugs in the country. A proposal to make it mandatory to include a 2D bar code and a unique identifier code on all medicine packs in India has been cleared by the Drugs Consultative Committee, which falls under the ministry of health and family welfare. The proposal, according to local media reports, will be considered by India's Drug Technical Advisory Board, reports in the local media said.