Tamil Nadu to be linked to national drug portal

The linking of the e-governance system, according to sources, will ensure uploading from all states valuable information such as ADR reporting, import-export data, drug distribution data, drug approval data etc., which would all be saved on the national portal. These can be easily accessed by the patients or their relatives.

In its first phase, the CDSCO plans to integrate the e-governance system adopted across various state licensing authorities (SLAs) that are running successfully throughout the country and already a high level meeting with heads of SLAs Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Odisha were held in the national capital recently.

“The major objective of this program is to identify and focus on weaker states that require assistance in adopting successful IT enabled system, by providing them with technical and financial support. In addition, integrating initiative would ensure information is available to the general public through a single window,” an official said.

It has been planned to complete the project within a span of six to nine months. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has already commenced the process of evaluating and integrating the process, it is said.