Within the wake of a latest seizure of a considerable amount of pretend and substandard medicines from a warehouse in Titagarh, the West Bengal authorities goes to challenge a strict advisory to all of the pharmacists within the state.
Sources within the state Well being Division stated that in a latest high-level assembly, it was determined that any wholesale drugs provider or pharmacist discovered promoting pretend medicines would have their licence cancelled.
“The drugs outlets will likely be instructed to placed on show the QR codes of the medicines in order that the purchasers can have an thought if the medicine they’re buying are real or not. They may also get data of about 300 forms of suspected medicines,” an official of the Well being Division stated.
“The Drug Management Normal of India has already despatched QR codes to the state Well being Division. The Directorate of Drug Management in West Bengal has already printed telephone numbers so that folks can straight name these numbers to attract the eye of the authority if they believe any strips of medication or bottles to be pretend,” the official stated, including the numbers are 033 2225-2213/ 033 2225-2214.
Just a few weeks in the past, the West Bengal authorities sought the cooperation of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh governments in its investigation of spurious medicine recovered from varied locations, together with in North 24 Parganas and Malda, stating that many such medicines had been made in these two states.
Final month, a considerable amount of spurious and substandard medicines was recovered throughout a raid by state and central drug management officers at a warehouse in Titagarh, North 24 Parganas.
In February, spurious medicines price round Rs 17 lakh had been seized from a godown in Howrah’s Amta space. The workplace of the company was sealed, and its proprietor arrested.
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In Kolkata, authorities had uncovered a Rs 6.5-crore racket dealing in life-saving medicines that had been discovered to be spurious. Not less than 44 forms of low-quality and spurious medicines have flooded the market, in keeping with sources.
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