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D&C violations galore in Hyderabad, DCA officials crackdown on unlicensed pharmacy and quack’s premises
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Peethaambaran Kunnathoor, Chennai
September 27 , 2024
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After a crackdown on an unlicensed medical shop at Nagulbanda in Hyderabad, the drug control officials at Telangana DCA closed it down and a case was registered against the shop owner for illegal sale of medicines.
Sources from the Drug Control Administration said one Mohammad Ayub Pasha was running the medical shop at Falaknuma without obtaining a sale licence from the department.
The drug control officers took custody of unauthorised stocks of huge quantities of medicines and samples were sent to the state drug testing lab for analysis. An officer informed Pharmabiz that the seized medicines contained 23 varieties of drugs including antibiotics, antihistamines, analgesics, antipyretics, etc, and the total worth comes around Rs. 32,000.
T. Rajamouli, ADC in Hyderabad and B. Lakshmi, drug inspector at Charminar area were among the officers who carried out the raid. The director general of the DCA, VB Kamalasan Reddy, has reiterated his warning to the drug traders not to supply medicines to unlicensed persons for sale. He said in his circular to the traders that the drug control administration is issuing drug licences for the stocking and selling of medicines in accordance with the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Following this incident the department has intensified inspections and raids in illegal premises of trade and stocking of medicines in the state. Last Tuesday the department received information that a quack in Bachannapet Mandal in Jangaon district was selling medicine at his clinic without proper qualification. The DCA officials raided the clinic and detected 34 varieties of medicines including antibiotics and steroids. The officials confiscated medicines worth Rs. 20,000 from the clinic. An officer said they have taken certain higher generation antibiotics from the quack’s premises.
M Aravind Kumar, drug inspector at Jangaon carried out the raid under the supervision of Dr G Rajyalakshmi, ADC at Warangal.
On Wednesday, September 25, the drug regulators in Bhupalpally detected the product, Ferrorus-XT tablets (ferrous ascorbate, folic acid & zinc tablets) circulating in the market. The product was found to be manufactured by Kencure Pharmaceuticals, S N Puram in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, and marketed by Syrus Pharma of Shankara Kranthi Apartments at Kavadiguda in Hyderabad as a food product.
The officials said the product was falsely manufactured under a 'food license (FSSAI license)' and falsely claimed to be food products/nutraceuticals. According to the label composition of these products, they are classified as drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The products must be manufactured only under a 'drug license' issued under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, adhering strictly to the 'Good Manufacturing Practices' (GMP) outlined in Schedule-M of the Drugs Rules. Additionally, it must meet the quality standards prescribed in the 'Indian Pharmacopoeia' (IP) as mandated.
G Aswani, drug inspector at Asifabad, P Pavani, drugs inspector at Bhupalpally and T Chandana, drug inspector at Mancherial were among the officers who carried out the raids.
In another incident, the DCA officials in Asifabad district detected drugs falsely manufactured and sold under the guise of 'food products/nutraceuticals'. They found the product Pedi Zinc Syrup (Zinc Gluconate Syrup) was circulating in the market. The product was found to be manufactured by Micro Nutritions, located on Exhibition Road in Hyderabad as a food product/nutraceutical.
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