CDSCO Certification – Drugs, Cosmetics & Medical Devices
CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation) is the regulatory authority under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. It governs the approval, registration, import, and quality control of drugs , cosmetics , and medical devices . Certification is mandatory before launching, importing, manufacturing, or distributing these products in India. Introduction When Ramesh, who has a pharmaceutical start-up in Mumbai, attempted to register a new pain-relief balm as a cosmetic (and submit a drug licence application), he was immediately confronted with terms like: CDSCO Registration, cosmetic license, Medical Device Registration, and the CDSCO portal. It took off like a crossword puzzle and felt like another language entirely. The steps, and the interests of properly executing each step, all added to the prohibitive challenge of going to market. This can lengthen the timeline by months. With ten years of experience assisting businesses both large an...