Posts Tagged ‘South Asia’
Two accused over ‘fake’ HIV tests
Two men have appeared in court in West Bengal over the alleged mis-selling of kits which were used to test people for HIV/Aids and hepatitis. Police say Monozyme India sold hundreds of thousands of the kits, originally designed to test for pregnancy or other conditions, under false pretences. 30 October 2006 Read the full story…
[...]Raid in Aminabad medicine market
LUCKNOW: Finally the district health officials woke upto reports in the media about the circulation of spurious drugs in the state capital. A team of drug control authorities and police personnel raided the wholesale medicine market in Aminabad and took random samples to check the authenticity of the drugs. The drugs have been sent to…
[...]Fake medical kits racket busted
FOLLOWING a police inquiry, a principal supplier of medical kits — used for testing for infections like HIV, hepatitis, malaria and others — was charged with tampering the manufacturing and expiry dates of the kits. These kits with tampered labels of expiry dates were reportedly supplied to government hospitals, blood banks and even private retail…
[...]Spurious drug unit detected
Police on Monday night unearthed a spurious syrup factory and seized 5,000 bottles of addictive phensidyl syrup from Porahati Bazaar in the Keraniganj area of the capital. 27 September 2006 Read the full story at gulf-times.com.
[...]Spurious medicines
ADULTERATED medicines, including lifesaving drugs, are flooding the domestic market, it is alleged, while the country is exporting high-quality ones across the world. Taking the opportunity of the lax in supervision of the local market by the concerned department, a section of the dishonest pharmacists are engaged in such business in adulterated medicines that are…
[...]Islamabad flood affected given expired drugs
Bijbehara, Sep 11: The soil is still damp and walls of residential houses moist in Gundi Nawroz area of Bijbehara, a week after the floodwater receded from the marooned area. The people are slowly returning to their houses after the surging water level in Jhelum and Lidder river forced them to migrate to safer places…
[...]Adulterated drugs pose threat to public health
Adulterated medicines, including lifesaving drugs, are flooding the domestic market for lax administration while the country is exporting high-quality pharmaceutical products across the world. Following reports that such medicines are posing threat to public health and putting patients at serious risk, a survey found substandard and counterfeit medicines in many drugstores across the country. By…
[...]Fake drugs, currency flood markets
SPURIOUS DRUGS CAN maim a society and counterfeit currency can make a serious dent in any country's economy. And if both float together they can wreak havoc. If sources are correct the ugly tentacles of spurious drugs and counterfeit currency notes have spread so far and wide that hardly any district of the State is…
[...]Fake medicine manufacturing factory unearthed in Ctg
CHITTAGONG, Jul 11: A fake medicine manufacturing factory has been unearthed in north Agrabad area in the port city recently. Chittagong Port (CP) Magistrate Munir Chowdhury discovered the factory during a scheduled drive. Sources said illegal and adulterated medicines were manufactured in this factory which had been doing business in the name of Orison Pharmaceuticals…
[...]Spurious Drugs Seized In Allahabad
Police today, had seized a large quantity of spurious drugs and arrested one person in this connection for possession of drugs having fake labels of costly life-saving medicines. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a drug store in Leader Road and seized the spurious medicines. The owner of the store was arrested, officials…
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