Raid: Telangana DCA seizes huge stock of antibiotics worth Rs1.33 crores

Telangana: Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, seized a huge stock of antibiotics worth Rs. 1.33 Crores from the manufacturing facility of Jodas Expoim Pvt. Ltd., located in Biotech Park, Karakapatla, Siddipet District. The seizure was made for exporting products manufactured by other pharmaceutical companies to Russia falsely under their own name and for unauthorized packing of antibiotics.

Based on credible information, officials from the Drugs Control Administration conducted a raid on November 26th at the manufacturing facility of Jodas Expoim Pvt. Ltd., located at Plot No. 55, Phase-III, Biotech Park, Karakapatla, Siddipet District, and detected huge stocks of antibiotics in the Finished Goods Warehouse of the facility, which is in contravention of the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

Upon verification, it was found that the antibiotic Ampicillin + Sulbactam 1000 mg + 500 mg Injections, Batch No. JD4479, comprising a quantity of 38,175 vials, was falsely labeled as manufactured by Jodas Expoim Pvt. Ltd., India, Alpa Laboratories Ltd., 33/2, A.B. Road, Pigdamber, Indore, MP 453446, India. However, the said batch was actually manufactured at Indian Genomix Pvt. Ltd.,Plot No. 135/1 & 135/2, Phase-II, Cherlapally, Medchal-Malkajgiri District, Telangana. The batch is being exported to Russia under false claims that it was manufactured by Jodas Expoim Pvt. Ltd. The officers detected that certain stocks of other antibiotics, namely Amoxicillin 1000 mg + Clavulanic Acid 200 mg, Ampicillin + Sulbactam 2000 mg + 1000 mg, and Meropenem 500 mg, were exported to Russia in October and November 2024. These antibiotics, manufactured by other pharmaceutical companies, were falsely exported under the name of Jodas Expoim Pvt. Ltd. Jodas Expoim Pvt. Ltd. was found to have carried out unauthorized packing of antibiotics.

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