From ‘facilitator’ to ‘regulator’: How Rajeev Raghuvanshi is fixing the gaps in pharma industry

Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, the Drug Controller General of India; image credit: Vikas Dandekar

Synopsis

The pharmaceutical industry, and the central drug regulatory agency, faced a severe reputation crisis following the deaths of 70 children in Gambia due to contaminated cough syrups in 2022. A few months later, Rajeev Raghuvanshi took over as the Drug Controller General of India and is currently driving a transformational change. Can he set a high bar for product quality?

For a moment, one might mistake it for a corporate office. Shiny cars pulling over. Executives in dapper suits sauntering in. That’s how the FDA Bhawan — the headquarters of India’s apex drug regulatory agency, the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) — in Delhi’s bustling ITO area always looked. The building is at the heart of every critical decision that impacts the Indian pharmaceutical industry – from launch of new drugs to

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