Spurious drugs worth over Rs. 10 lakhs seized

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Spurious drugs worth over Rs. 10 lakhs seized

Staff Reporter

Raid conducted on manufacturing unit at Kompally on the city

outskirts

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• Seized equipment includes packing material

• The raid conducted following a tip-off

• All drug inspectors in State put on alert

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HYDERABAD : Drug Control Administration sleuths seized spurious

drugs worth Rs.10.5 lakh during a raid on Bio-Therapitik

Pharmaceuticals at Kompally on the outskirts of the city on

Wednesday night.

The raid, based on a tip-off, was conducted by DCA Director General

V. Dinesh Reddy's Task Force, also saw the equipment used in the

manufacture of the spurious drugs, including packing material, being

seized. The spurious drugs that were confiscated included Envas 5

and Envas 2.5 tablets, with Batch No.5026 and manufacturing date of

August 2005. These tablets are originally manufactured by Cadila

Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Ahmedabad, according to Task Force drug

inspectors -- P. Nagaraju, V. Balanaganjan and P. Sarala.

Voveran-50 tablets, manufactured by Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Pune,

for drug major Novartis, were also among the clandestinely

manufactured tablets seized. DCA Director R. Ranga Rao said samples

of the seized drugs were sent for analysis to the Drugs Control

Laboratory here. While the reports are yet to come, further

investigation into the market presence of these drugs is in

progress.

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