Nepal blacklists 16 Indian pharma firms including Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy

Kathmandu : Nepal’s, Department of Drug Administration has blacklisted Sixteen Indian pharma companies for their “failure” to comply with the World Health Organization’s drug manufacturing standards, media reports claimed. In a notice issued by the Department of Drug Administration asked the local agents in Nepal, which have been supplying these medicines, to immediately recall them. Apart from Divya Pharmacy, which manufactures Yoga Guru Ramdev’s Patanjali products, the list also includes Radiant Parenterals Ltd, Mercury Laboratories Ltd, Alliance Biotech, Captab Biotec, Aglowmed Ltd, Zee Laboratories, Daffodils Pharmaceuticals, GLS Pharma, Unijules Life Science, Concept Pharmaceuticals, Shree Anand Life Sciences, IPCA laboratories, Cadila Healthcare Ltd, Dial Pharmaceuticals and Mackur laboratories. The list also names a few foreign brands.