India Exploring PIC/S Membership

[membership level=”0,4″][The content continues for paid members only.] Login or Subscribe [/membership][membership level=”1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12″][membership] India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry met with pharmaceutical companies in April to discuss joining the multinational Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme (PIC/S), The Economic Times of India reported. It notes that large pharma firms favor the move because it “would expand export markets,” while smaller companies expressed concern that they would have to meet stricter manufacturing standards even if they do not export products. [For more on PIC/S developments, see IPQ Monthly Update July 2014, “Updates in Brief” section p. 46, and IPQ “Monthly Update” April 2012, pp. 25-27.]
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