Drug Technical Advisory Board- The Central Government constituted this Board, so as to advise the Central Government and the State Governments on technical matters arising out the administration of this Act and to carry out the other functions assigned to it by this Act.
2. Table of contents:
• Drug Technical Advisory Board
• Central Drug Laboratory
• Drugs Consultative Committee
3. The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB)
• The Central Government constituted this Board, so as to advise the Central Government and
the State Governments on technical matters arising out the administration of this Act and to
carry out the other functions assigned to it by this Act.
• The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:
1. Ex-Officio members:
(i) The Director General of Health Services, who shall be Chairman.
(ii) The Drugs Controller, India.
(iii) The Director of the Central Drugs Laboratory, Calcutta.
(iv) The Director of the Central Research Institute, Kasauli.
(v) The Director of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar.
(vi) The President of the Medical Council of India.
(vii) The President of the Pharmacy Council of India.
(viii) The Director of the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow.
4. 2. Nominated members:
(i) Two persons to be nominated by the Central Government from among persons who are in charge of drugs
control in the States.
(ii) One person nominated by the Central Government from the Pharmaceutical Industry.
(iii) Two persons holding the appointment of Government analyst, nominated by the Central Government.
3. Elected members:
(i) One person, to be elected by the Executive Committee of the Pharmacy Council of India, from among teachers
in pharmacy or pharmaceutical chemistry or pharmacognosy on the staff of an Indian university or a college
affiliated thereto.
(ii) One person, to be elected by the Executive Committee of the Medical Council of India, from among teachers in
medicine or therapeutics on the staff of an Indian university or a college affiliated thereto.
(iii) One pharmacologist to be elected by the Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical Research.
(iv) One person to be elected by the Central Council of the Indian Medical Association.
(v) One person to be elected by the Council of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association.
5. The Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC)
• This is also an advisory body constituted by the Central government for the
purpose of advising the Central government, the State government and the
DTAB, on any matter tending to secure uniformity throughout India in the
administration of Drug and Cosmetic Act.
• 1. The Drugs Consultative Committee shall consist of two representatives
nominated by the Central Government and one representative nominated by
each State Government.
• 2. The Drugs Consultative Committee shall meet when required to do so by
the Central Government and shall have power to regulate its own procedure.
6. CENTRAL DRUGS LABORATORY (CDL)
• The Central Government established a Central Drugs Laboratory under the control of a
Director to be appointed by the Central Government. This was established in Calcutta to carry
out the following functions:
1. To analyse or test, samples of drugs as may be sent to it by the Custom Collectors or Courts.
2. Since, CDL is not equipped for testing of all types of products, some other Government labs
and Institutes shall also perform the functions of CDL:
(i) Central Research Institute, Kasauli; carries out the assigned functions in respect of: Sera,
vaccines, toxins, antigens, and sterilized surgical sutures
(ii) Pasteur Institute of India, Conoor and Enterovirus Research Centre, Mumbai in respect of
Polio vaccine.
7. (iii) Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar or Mukteshwar in respect of: antisera,
toxoids, vaccines, diagnostic agents for veterinary use.
(iv) Central Indian Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, Ghaziabad in respect of Condoms.
(v) Laboratory of the Serologist and Chemist examiner to the Government of India, Calcutta in
respect of VDRL antigen. VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) test is micro
flocculation test for syphilis (bacterial infection spread by sexual contact)
(vi) Department of Biomedical engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi in
respect of Intra Uterine Devices / birth control devices.
(vii) Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, Ghaziabad in respect of Homeopathic medicines.
8. 3. All samples sent to the laboratories are required to be sent by registered post in a sealed
packet enclosed together with a massage in the prescribed form, addressed to the Director.
4. On receipt of the packet, it must be opened by an authorized officer, in this behalf by the
Director.
5. After test, the results with complete protocols of the tests applied, should be sent to the
sender.
6. Certificates issued by the Laboratory under the rules should be signed by the Director or
any other Central Government authorized officer.
