Hyderabad: Spurious drugs racket busted, Rs 26 lakh stocks seized
Spurious/counterfeit drugs detected and seized by DCA officials include fake medicines which are falsely labeled under the names of reputed companies like Sun Pharma (Rosuvas 10 Tablets -- used in the treatment of High cholesterol), Glenmark Pharma (Telma H Tablets, Telma 40 Tablets -- used in the treatment of Hypertension), Aristo Pharmaceuticals (Monocef-O 200 Tablets - Antibiotic), Torrent Pharma (Chymoral Forte -- used to relieve pain and swelling).;
Hyderabad: Drugs Control Administration of Telangana has unearthed a spurious drug racket of fake antibiotics, hypertension and cholesterol medicines, analgesics in Hyderabad, officials said.
The raids were conducted at various locations in Hyderabad on Friday and spurious drugs of Rs 26 lakh were seized.
Drugs Control Administration Director General V. B. Kamalasan Reddy said the raids were conducted by a special team on the basis of the intelligence gathered regarding entry of spurious drugs into Telangana from Kashipur in Uttarakhand.
On information regarding shipping of spurious drugs to Hyderabad through a courier shipping company Trackon Couriers Pvt. Ltd., the special team carried out raids at courier offices located at Dilsukhnagar and Uppal and found that two parcels each of weight 14.5 kgs and 13.34 kgs claimed to contain ‘Machine Parts’ were booked at Kashipur, Uttarakhand by Amar Pharmaceuticals, Ramnagar Road, Kashipur and the said parcels were delivered to Puvvada Lakshman, Hyderabad.
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