Telangana State Drug Control Administration completes 65 seizures in March, 7 quacks held

During the course of the raids conducted in March, 2024, the DCA seized stocks of medicines worth Rs 3.03 lakh

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Drug Control Administration (TSDCA) in the month of March completed a total of 65 seizures/detections that are related to various offenses involving quality of medicines.

The break-up of the 65 seizures include busting of spurious drugs racket (1), misleading advertisements (50), unlicensed medical shops/ Illegal stocking and sale of drugs (2), quacks (7), medicines falsely sold as neutraceuticals (2) and expired drugs, physicians samples not of standard quality and improper storage of drugs (3).

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During the course of the raids conducted in March, 2024, the DCA seized stocks of medicines worth Rs 3.03 lakh. In March, the Drug Control Laboratory reported 15 Not of Standard Quality (substandard) drugs.

The drugs that were declared as not of standard quality of drugs by DCA laboratory included antibiotics, antiulcer drugs, antihelmintic and antiprotozoal drugs, etc. The samples failed in the tests for assay, dissolution, and description, which may render the medicines ineffective in treating diseases, DG, TSDCA, V B Kamlasan Reddy said.

The DCA teams who detected and seized the health care facilities that were being operated by 7 quacks/ unqualified medical practitioners include Kurma Mallesh at Chikkadpally village, Rudrur mandal, Nizamabad district, Palthya Raju, Balaji First Aid Centre shutter, Kothapet Rupla thanda, Shivampet mandal, Medak district, G Rasharukmini, ABRS First Aid, Pashamylaram, Patancheru, Shaik Jani Basha, Sri Sai First Aid Centre, Bowrmapet village, Dundigal, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Gunde Narasimha, Sarojini Clinic, Tukkuguda, Maheshwaram, Rangareddy district, T Shankar Goud, Roja Hospital, Thumkunta, Shamirpet and B Laxman, Jagdevpur village, Siddipet.

Following tests at the special drug laboratory of DCA, the regulatory body declared Panaval-40 tablets (Mfg. Date: 02/2024, Exp Date: 01/2026) manufactured by one Brit Lifescience, Sainwala, Kala Amb, Distt. Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, as not of standard quality, as the sample failed to tests. The particular batch of Panaval-40 tablets was seized from a medical shop in Malakpet by the DCA authorities.