Spurious drug racket busted in Puri
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A major spurious drug racket has been recently busted in Puri over a routine quality inspection by the state drug controller. Any drugs made under fake name and address is considered spurious under Section 17 (B) (c) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
Under the legal scrutiny is a Rajasthan-based drug supplied which is allegedly accused of manufacturing these spurious drugs, around 70 different types- under a fictitious name with a fake address in Himachal Pradesh. As investigated by the authorities, it has emerged that the said manufacturer was using the premise of a closed pharmaceutical unit.
Disclosing this to TOI on Saturday, drugs controller Hrusikesh Mohapatra said during random inspection on medicines, an acidity regulator syrup (T Citra) was found to be not of standard quality (NSQ) at Kakatpur in Puri district in the first week of October. "We wrote back to the purported manufacturer Avya Healthcare, which had mentioned its address as Rudrapur in Mandi district of HP only to find that no such company existed there," he said.
Under the legal scrutiny is a Rajasthan-based drug supplied which is allegedly accused of manufacturing these spurious drugs, around 70 different types- under a fictitious name with a fake address in Himachal Pradesh. As investigated by the authorities, it has emerged that the said manufacturer was using the premise of a closed pharmaceutical unit.
Disclosing this to TOI on Saturday, drugs controller Hrusikesh Mohapatra said during random inspection on medicines, an acidity regulator syrup (T Citra) was found to be not of standard quality (NSQ) at Kakatpur in Puri district in the first week of October. "We wrote back to the purported manufacturer Avya Healthcare, which had mentioned its address as Rudrapur in Mandi district of HP only to find that no such company existed there," he said.
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