Saurashtra University got DCGI approval for clinical studies

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Sat, Nov 30, 2013

Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), New Delhi, has given approval for clinical studies to department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Saurashtra University (SU).

According to SU officials, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, the only PG pharmacy education in entire region, took initiative to register its ethics committee to DCGI and got approval from the same.

"According to the current law, any ethics committee not registered to DCGI cannot approve or review any clinical trials or bioavailability/bioequivalence studies in the country" said Dr. Aarti Trivedi, who is the chairman of Ethics Committee, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.