Vision
To achieve a healthier nation by
ensuring the provision of safe, quality and efficacious Pharmaceutical
products and safe & quality cosmetic products.
Mission
To regulate and control the manufacture,
importation, sale, storage and distribution of Cosmetics, Devices and
Drugs (including nutraceuticals and borderline devices) efficiently and
effectively whilst ensuring rational usage.
Introduction
The goal of the Ministry of Health is
“Provision of curative, preventive, rehabilitative and promotive
services of optimum quality accessible to entire nation”. To achieve
this goal provision of safe, efficacious and quality drugs and devices
is essential. Therefore the goal of the office of the Medical Technology
& Supplies (MT&S) / Cosmetics, Devices & Drugs Regulatory
Authority (CDDRA) is to achieve a healthy nation by ensuring the
provisions of safe, quality and efficacious medicinal products and
cosmetics.
The Cosmetics, Devices & Drugs (CDD)
Act 1980 is the legislative framework which provides the legal
authority to regulate Cosmetics, Devices & Drugs in Sri Lanka.
Cosmetics, Devices & Drugs Regulatory Authority is responsible for
implementation of the provisions of the Act.
According to the CDD Act, Director
General of Health Services (DGHS) is the Cosmetics, Devices and Drugs
Authority. For the purposes of implementation, the delegated Authority
to the Director Medical Technology & Supplies (D/MT&S).
