MP: Key content Favipiravir found missing in Favimax tablets for treating COVID-19
'It was informed that Favipiravir, a key content, was not found in the seized Favimax tablets,' Agrawal said, adding the allegedly fake tablets were supplied by a firm registered with a fake address.;
Gwalior: Authorities seized a consignment of allegedly spurious Favimax tablets used in the COVID-19 treatment from a wholesaler here in Madhya Pradesh following an input given by the Odisha government, an official said on Tuesday.
Authorities also seized the stock of some other medicines on Monday night and sent their samples for testing, he said. A Madhya Pradesh Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official said 35,000 of the 40,000 Favimax (Favipiravir) tablets received from a firm in Odisha had already been sold by the wholesaler in Gwalior after receiving the stock in April this year.
"About 500 tablets of Favipiravir were seized from a wholesale medical shop located at MK Plaza in Gwalior. The stock was seized and we have sent the samples to a laboratory to ascertain whether they are fake," Drug Inspector Dilip Agrawal told reporters.
He said Odisha's Drug Controller had informed the Bhopal office that a consignment of fake Favimax tablet had been supplied to a medical firm in Gwalior. 'The action was taken following this information," he added.
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