First-of-its-kind digital drug surveillance system
News –
- Karnataka recently rolled out India’s first technology-driven drug surveillance system in Bengaluru to monitor the pharmaceutical market in real-time.
First-of-its-kind digital drug surveillance system
- Introduced by – Karnataka State Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA),
- Objective – this initiative establishes a real-time, technology-driven regulatory framework designed to enforce drug quality standards and control the tracking of critical medications.
- The newly launched digital initiative operates through two dedicated surveillance portals:
- Substandard Medicine Block System: Automatically locks and halts the sale of Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) batches identified in the supply chain. It tracks real-time inventory and oversees the return of recalled products to suppliers.
- NDPS Monitoring System: Tightly regulates the dispensing of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS).
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