Raids across Odisha on spurious Favipiravir
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The Odisha authorities has unearthed a big inventory of spurious Favipiravir tablets that had been bought by Cuttack-based pharmaceutical agency.
The authorities had obtained a tip-off from the Food and Drug Administration, Maharashtra that spurious Favipiravir tablets (Favimax-400), allegedly manufactured by one Max Relief Health Care, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, had allegedly been bought by a Cuttack-based pharmaceutical wholesaler.
It was additionally acknowledged that Max Relief Health Care, Solan was reportedly a non-existent drug producer. A raid was lately carried out on the premises of Medilloyd Medicament Private Limited, Cuttack, which had bought the drug.
“We will take stern action against people handling both spurious and substandard drugs. After getting information about spurious drugs, we conducted a raid on a particular shop where we had found 170 boxes of Fabipiravir. One box contained 100 tablets. We have instructed all drugs administrations to conduct raids across all districts,” mentioned Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishor Das.
According to Health and Family Welfare Department, throughout the raid, it was famous that the agency had bought 58,000 tablets of ‘Favimax-400’ from one Max Relief Health Care, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. Out of which, the agency had provided 40,600 tablets to Shri Mahadev Medicals and Surgicals, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
“Out of the available stock of 17,400 tablets, 400 tablets were drawn for statutory testing and the balance 17,000 tablets were seized under the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules,” mentioned the Department.
The authorities had supplied particulars of ‘Favimax-400’ tablets provided to Gwalior to the Food and Drug Administration, Madhya Pradesh. It was additionally discovered that 9 different medicine, allegedly manufactured by the identical Max Relief Health Care, Solan, Himachal Pradesh had additionally been bought by the agency.
All district medicine inspectors in Odisha have been alerted as 9 medicine had been discovered to have been provided to totally different districts.
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