India, Feb. 10 -- In a special enforcement drive against spurious and substandard anticancer drugs, the Delhi Government inspected 25 firms and collected 55 samples across the city.

Directed by the Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh, the drive was conducted by the Drugs Control Department to strengthen regulatory oversight of lifesaving cancer medicines and safeguard patients undergoing critical treatment, an official statement said.

The teams inspected retail and wholesale establishments dealing in anticancer drugs in areas around major hospital clusters and pharmaceutical markets in East, South, West and Northwest Delhi. Areas including Laxmi Nagar, Yusuf Sarai, Green Park, Okhla Industrial Area, Paschim Vihar, Dwarka and Rohini were ...