Kathmandu. Foreign drug company inspections have not been conducted for the past three years. The Department of Drug Management has registered about 350 foreign drug companies. Inspection is considered mandatory to ascertain the quality of medicines imported from abroad. The department imports essential medicines such as HPV vaccine, anti-snake venom, yellow fever, and life-saving medicines for critical care by inspecting foreign drug industries every year. Inspection of companies producing these and other essential medicines has been stalled for the past three years. Although the department has stated that it will resume the practice of inspecting foreign drug...