Drug Quality Control and Toxicology Laboratory Department
Physicochemical Div   Toxicology Div   Microbiology Div   Pesticide Div

The main function of the department is to ensure quality, safety and efficacy of drugs, medical supplies, pesticides, cosmetics and their raw and packaging materials through laboratory based quality testing before and after marketing.

Tests are performed according to international standard officially accepted by DACA: BP, USP, IP, AOAC, CIPAC and other in-house validated methods of analysis.

The major responsibilities of the department are:

•  Drug quality analysis

  	Physicochemical drug quality analysis
  	Microbiological drug quality testing

•  Cosmetic analyses

•  Condom quality testing

•  Vaccine quality testing

•  Pesticide

  	Quality analysis
  	Residue analyses
  	Pesticide Field trial

•  Toxicological Tests

  	Pesticide exposure tests
  	Acute toxicological analysis
  	Toxicological screening test
  	Veterinary drug residue analyses

The Laboratory has four divisions:

1. Physicochemical Laboratory Division

2. Toxicology Laboratory Division

3. Pharmaceutical Microbiology Laboratory Division

4. Pesticide Laboratory Division