Summary:
The association members expressed their concern over the recent amendments proposed in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1945. They requested the government not to make any amendment to the act. The government has issued a notification seeking responses or any objections before giving its nod to the amended Act. The association members said more than 300 posts of pharmacist had been lying vacant and the state government should fill the posts on priority. The members added that there had been an increase in workload in the recent years, but the state government did not make enough appointments..