Piramal Gets Delhi HC Relief, Decades-Old Spurious Tixylix Cough Syrup Case Quashed
Delhi High Court
New Delhi: In a major relief to Nicholas Piramal India Ltd. (now Piramal Enterprises Ltd.) and its executives, the Delhi High Court has set aside criminal proceedings against them in connection with a two-decade-old case alleging that the company's children's cough syrup Tixylix was spurious.
As per a recent media report in The Hindu, the case dates back to 2002, when Delhi’s Drug Control Department collected samples of Tixylix from a city distributor. The following year, the Central Indian Pharmacopoeia Laboratory (CIPL), Ghaziabad, declared the batch “Not of Standard Quality.” Based on this report, the authorities filed a complaint in February 2004 under the Drugs and Cosmetics (D&C) Act, naming not only the retailer and distributor but also the manufacturer.
However, Piramal challenged the proceedings, arguing that the Ghaziabad laboratory lacked the capacity to perform the required tests as per the D&C Act and Rules. The company pointed to a subsequent test on the same batch conducted at the Government Analyst’s Laboratory in Vadodara, Gujarat, which found the product to be of standard quality.
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