Odisha Govt Acts Tough On Spurious Medicines; Cases Registered Against 12 Firms
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department has acted strongly on sale of spurious medicines in the state. After detection of spurious drugs at Cuttack, supplied from outside the state, all officers of the department were instructed to focus on medicine supplies from outside the state. It has yielded good results and many drugs [...]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department has acted strongly on sale of spurious medicines in the state. After detection of spurious drugs at Cuttack, supplied from outside the state, all officers of the department were instructed to focus on medicine supplies from outside the state. It has yielded good results and many drugs have been recalled from even retailers point whenever there is suspicion.
Cases have also been registered after the seizure of drugs against different firms. In total 12 cases have been registered including six from Cuttack, two from Jharsuguda, and one each from Kendrapada, Sundargarh, Bargarh and Sambalpur.
Monitoring mechanism has been tightened and close watch is being made for each and every strip of medicine, resulting in recall wherever necessary. Raids are also continuing at different places of the state. Stringent action will be taken where required.
The Department has registered cases against V.R. AGENCY. PUJA ENTERPRISES, KYAL AGENCY, MAHABIR PRASAD RADHESHYAM, SHREE DISTRIBUTOR, SRI M.H of Cuttack, SHYAM MEDICAL and AMIT AGENCY of Jharsuguda, PRAKASH MEDICAL PVT LTD, of . SUNDARGARH, ASHOK MEDICAL HALL of Bargarh, DURGA AGENCY of Sambalpur and SAI TRADERS of kendrapara.
Cases have also been registered for supplying substandard Ringer Lactate solution (Compound sodium Lactate injection), MFD by M/S-Ives Drugs (India) Pvt. Ltd, Indore (M.P) to Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited. Case has been registered in the Court of JMFC Barpali. Detail constitution of manufacturer has been sought for from the Madhya Pradesh government. The firm has also been black listed by OSMCL.
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