Ethiopian Team To Explore Drug Curbs With Telangana

A high-level Ethiopian delegation visited the Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, office on Thursday to study the state’s drug regulatory framework, enforcement mechanisms, and quality assurance systems. The delegation included senior officials from Ethiopia’s ministry of health, the Ethiopian Investment Commission, Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Procurement Services, the Industrial Parks Development Corporation, and representatives of the World Bank. DCA officials presented the delegation an overview of Telangana’s drug regulatory operations, including quality-control measures, field inspections, enforcement drives, and initiatives undertaken to ensure the availability of safe and effective medicines to the public, said Shahnawaz Qasim, Director General, DCA Telangana. The Ethiopian representatives expressed appreciation for the insights shared by the DCA and said the learnings would be useful for strengthening Ethiopia’s own regulatory and pharmaceutical system.