TGDCA detects 84 sub-standard drugs, conducts 244 seizures in 2025

In 2025, Telangana’s Drugs Control Administration seized 244 consignments, detected 84 sub-standard drugs, and carried out 28,816 inspections. DG Shahanwaz Qasim highlighted efforts to curb spurious medicines, enforce drug laws, and protect public health.

Hyderabad: As a part of its intensified regulatory vigilance and enforcement, the Drugs Control Administration, Telangana (TGDCA) in the year 2025 conducted a total of 244 seizures for violations of various Acts enforced by the Department and detected 84 sub-standard drugs circulating in the market.

The Director General (DG), DCA, Shahanwaz Qasim, on Wednesday said that the DCA has adopted a proactive and vigilant regulatory approach to continuously monitor, detect, and take stringent action against violations relating to medicines, with the objective of safeguarding public health.

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Recognising the serious threat posed by spurious medicines to public health, the DCA detected spurious drugs, which included widely used therapeutic categories such as anti-cholesterol medicines, antihistamines, and anti-epileptic drugs, many of which were falsely labelled as products of reputed pharmaceutical companies.

Several consignments were found to have been illegally transported from other States and circulated within Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana, indicating an organised interstate spurious drug network, a press release said.

2025 at a glance for TGDCA:

• Spurious Drug Rackets Busted-6
• Unlicensed Medical Shops/Godowns/ Illegal Stocking and Sale of Drugs-36
• Quacks /Unauthorised Medical Practitioners with Unlicensed Stocking: 38
• Misleading Advertisements: 140
• Unlicensed Manufacturing of Drugs: 4 Drugs
• Illegally Manufactured and Sold as Food Products or Nutraceuticals: 9
• Total worth of drugs seized in 2025: Rs 1.39 crore
• Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) Drugs: 4801
• No of ‘Not of Standard Quality’ (NSQ) drugs found: 84
• Total inspections and departmental actions – 28,816
• Total actions initiated upon detection of violations- 5,278
• Total Convictions: 217 cases