Directorate of food & Drugs Administration(DFDA)

Drugs:

• Licensing of drug manufacturing and sales establishments.
• Licensing of drug approved testing laboratories.
• Grant of certificates – WHO-GMP COPP, Validity, Performances, etc
• Approval of drug formulations for manufacture.
• Monitoring of quality of Drugs & Cosmetics, manufactured in the State and those marketed in the state.
• Detection of any manufacture and sale of drugs without licences;
• Verifying the compliances of the conditions of licences;
• Verifying sale of drugs on prescription;
• Administrative actions.
• Pre- and post- licensing inspection.
• Recall of sub-standard drugs.
• Verifying availability of any banned drugs, spurious drugs, etc
• Screening of any objectionable advertisements relating to drugs
• Verifying the availability of Registered Pharmacists at Retailers;
• Issue of permits for the sale and consumption of narcotics medicinal drugs;
• Investigation and prosecution in respect of contravention of legal provisions.