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nion Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad today said , 83 prosecution cases were initiated and 39 people arrested till July this year for dealing in spurious drugs. Replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha, he said, out of 49 thousand drug samples tested by the Central Drugs Standard Organisation last year, only 0.19 per cent were found to be spurious. Mr. Azad said, the government has asked for a detailed proposal on a request by Interpol Secretary General to develop a data base of pharmaceutical companies.
Adding that India is the third largest drug manufacturing country in the world, Mr. Azad said, the government has taken several steps and introduced various schemes to control spurious drugs including strengthening of drug test laboratories and promoting good manufacturing practices.

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