Licensing is mandatory to do business in Drugs & Cosmetics in India. The provisions for this has been made in Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 which is applicable to whole of India. It is an Act to consolidate all the laws relating to drugs & cosmetics, which established the Drugs Control Department. In 1964, the Act was amended to include Ayurvedic & Unani drugs. However a particular business entity may require different types of drug license based on their business, you may contact LegalRaasta for consultancy on it.
In case a business is operating in more than two states, it has to obtain drug licence in every state in which business is being carried on. Drug licence is location specific. If drugs are sold or stocked for sale at more than one place,application shall be made, and license shall be issued, in respect of each such place except migrant vendors.
Once the licence is granted to the business, all such License must ensure that all the condition in the drug licence are complied at all the time during the course of the business. All the records /registers /Forms must be maintained in the manner specified by the licensing authorities and authorities shall be kept informed for all the changes or modification in the business activities.
You need to fill our application form for Drug License and provide us details about your wholesale/retail business.
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You need to email us the required documents.
Your application for drug license along with other declarations are filed to the Drug Control Department by our advocates.
We will mail you the license after regular follow ups with Drug Control department.
Following documents are required with application form :
The applicant has to provide an independent shop with the adequate area for grant of retail/wholesale licences as per details given below :
No drug licence is granted in a premises situated on a DDA alloted residential plot/land or flat unless it meets with the requirements of MPD-2021.
Drug licence is classified under different categories. These are Manufacturing Licence, Sale Licence and Loan licence. Sale licence is further classified as wholesale Licence, Retail Licence and Restricted (Gen.Store) licence depending on the manner in which sales done.
One can file the Drug License application directly with the government. The process is long and requires 30-60 days to get completed :
Step 1 :
Applicant has to obtain user ID and Password by giving request letter in person with the details of the firm.
Step 2 :
All the documents should be scanned in 100 dpi and black and white and then should be uploaded using the said ID and Password at space provided for the purpose. All the information is filled precisely for respective application and then e-send the application. The licensing authority may ask for any other specific documents if required.
Step 3 :
You will then need to follow-up with the government department for an update on your application. In case of rejection of your application for incomplete information, the fees once paid will be forfeited by the government.
Step 4 :
The government department will take 45-60 working days to completely review your application and approve the same. Else, you can hire LegalRaasta for getting the Drug license for you. We get license issued in 98% of our cases and save our customers from all the government hassles.