The Central Drug Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) found 41 batches of various drugs to be of sub-standard quality in November. These drugs, used for common conditions like fever and acid reflux, failed specified quality parameters. CDSCO has issued an alert and introduced new guidelines for drug inspections, requiring inspectors to collect at least 10 samples per month.
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