TGDCA, in coordination with the CDSCO, raided Bluesemi Research and Development Pvt. Ltd. in Raidurg, Rangareddy district, uncovering unlicensed manufacturing and sale of medical devices.
TGDCA conducted statewide inspections to curb Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and found 190 medical shops violating rules on antibiotic sales. Show Cause Notices have been issued, with departmental action to follow under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
The Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, raided a clinic run by an unqualified practitioner in Hanumakonda and seized medicines stocked without a licence. Officials warned that illegal sale of antibiotics poses serious risks to public health
The TGDCA issued show cause notices to 180 retail medical shops during a special drive to curb the illegal sale of habit-forming drugs, abortion kits and antibiotics. The teams checked compliance with rules governing Schedule H and H1 prescription medicines.
TGDCA conducted raids at 20 Hyderabad gyms, uncovering illegal sale of anabolic-androgenic steroids and cardiac stimulants like Mephentermine Sulphate injections. Misuse of these drugs in bodybuilding poses severe health risks, and legal action will follow under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act
The teams detected two Ayurvedic and one Allopathic medicine with misleading claims that they can treat leprosy, diabetes, blood pressure and urinary stones
