PIL against 10 top pharma Cos in SC alleging sale of Remdesivir and Favipiravir without valid license
It has also made 10 pharmaceutical companies, including Cipla Ltd, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, Hetero Labs Ltd and Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd, parties.;
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New Delhi: A plea filed in the Supreme Court has sought registration of an FIR by CBI against ten Indian pharmaceutical firms for manufacturing and selling Remdesivir and Favipiravir allegedly as medicines that treat Covid-19 patients without valid licences. Remdesivir and Favipiravir are antiviral drugs and their efficacy in treating Covid-19 patients have been a matter of debate among medical experts.
Lawyer M L Sharma has filed a PIL in the apex court, alleging the medicines are being manufactured and sold for treating Covid-19 patients without valid licences from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation.
"That respondents...are Indian pharmaceutical companies who have signed partnership agreements with foreign companies, that are Gilead Science Inc-USA and Fujifilm-Japan, to manufacture and sale impugned drugs, Remdesivir and Avagin (Favipiravir), in India. Without having a licence, they are manufacturing and selling impugned drugs as a medicine for corona in India," the PIL alleged.
Stressing that a completely effective treatment for Covid-19 is yet to be found, the plea said, "The prime minister has already initiated a process with Russia to import Covid-19 vaccine to manufacture/distribute in India through PSU Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL)."
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