DRUG  REGULATION  IN  iNDIA   India has the depressing record of having at least 5 major DEG (diethyline glucol)  poisoning events. When several children were severely ill in two hospitals in 2019, it was found that a cough syrup they consumed tested positive of diethyline glycol, which is a powerful industial solvent that is used in the manufacture of antifreeze, brake fluid etc. Indian pharmaceutical companies quite often fail to test either the raw materials or the final formulation before shipping to the market.                 Many cases under investigation remain pending for a long time. Punishments are  often very small, due to lenient judges. Many times manufactured drugs fail quality testing. India had its first ever Drug Act in 1940.  Indian pharmaceutic...