Telangana Medicine Management Administration officers seizing spurious medicine at Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, shipped through courier from Kashipur, Uttarakhand.
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The Telangana Medicine Management Administration (DCA) has reported a ten-fold enhance in its enforcement actions in 2024, with 573 seizures performed between January and December this 12 months in comparison with 56 seizures in 2023, mentioned an annual report launched by the division on Monday. The division has ramped up efforts to watch and curb unlawful actions associated to medicines, strengthening drug regulation throughout the State.
The entire price of medicine seized by the DCA in 2024 stood at ₹7.46 crore. Of this, ₹2.36 crore price spurious medicine have been confiscated. The unlawful stocking of medicine by quacks alone accounted for ₹61.61 lakh in seizures. In collaboration with the Prohibition and Excise Division, joint operations led to the seizure of narcotic and psychotropic substances price ₹11.32 crore, the annual report said.
In 2024, the division busted eight spurious drug rackets, uncovering counterfeit medicines and unlawful manufacturing items throughout the State. These operations focused extremely profitable markets, together with anti-cancer medicine and antibiotics, which have been falsely labelled below reputed pharmaceutical manufacturers. Moreover, there have been 79 circumstances associated to violations of the Medicine Costs Management Order (DPCO). Deceptive commercials and false claims have been one other space of motion, with 199 circumstances registered below the Medicine and Magic Treatments (Objectionable Ads) Act.
The division additionally cracked down on unauthorised medical practitioners, submitting 136 circumstances towards quacks concerned in unlicensed stocking and sale of medicine. Moreover, there have been 98 circumstances of unlicensed operations, together with unlawful drug manufacturing, sale of expired medicine, and misuse of doctor’s samples. Different actions included 44 circumstances involving medicine bought as meals merchandise and nutraceuticals, 5 circumstances on unlicensed cosmetics manufacturing, and three on banned medicine manufacturing and sale.
“This 12 months, we laid the muse for stringent inspections and seizure of spurious medicine. Our goal for the approaching years is to make Telangana a spurious drug-free State and make sure the availability of protected and high-standard medicine to the general public,” mentioned V.B. Kamalasan Reddy, Director Normal of the Telangana Medicine Management Administration.
A serious raid on October 28 focused 15 non-public medical outlets in authorities hospitals throughout Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Warangal, and Karimnagar. Violations reminiscent of possession of expired medicine and doctor’s samples have been detected, and present trigger notices have been issued to provoke acceptable actions below drug laws, as per the report.
High quality management efforts additionally improved in 2024, with 130 substandard medicine detected, up from 79 in 2023. The DCA has intensified its scrutiny since 2018, making certain that substandard medicine are recognized and faraway from the market. By December 2024, 3,902 samples had been analysed, with 3.33% deemed Not of Customary High quality (NSQ), in comparison with 1.73% in 2023.
Revealed – December 30, 2024 07:11 pm IST
