The Drug Control Administration (DCA) on Saturday raided an unlicensed distributor at Moosarambagh and seized 19 varieties of medicine worth Rs 3,50,000.
The seized medicines include habit-forming drugs, steroids, antibiotics, abortifacient drugs, anti-hypertensive drugs, anti-diabetic drugs etc. DCA officials lifted smaples for testing and further investigation would be carried out and action taken as per the law against all the offenders.
The DCA officials also raided the premises of a quack P. Thirumalachari at Nalla gandla, Serilingampally mandal, who was practicing medicine without proper qualification at his clinic and detected 18 varieties of medicines, including antibiotics, anti-ulcer drugs, analgesics, cough syrups etc., The officials detected several higher generation antibiotics at the clinic during the raid.
A. Shylaja Rani, Drugs Inspector, Serilingampally and. D. Swethabindu, Drugs Inspector, Gandipet were among the officers who carried out the raid.
Meanwhile, the DCA also detected certain medicines circulating in the market with misleading claims on their labels stating they treat fever, rheumatism and diseases and disorders of the uterus, in contravention of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.
During a special drive conducted on July 26 and 27, different products with misleading claims were detected by K. Anvesh, Drugs Inspector, Shabad, A. Saritha, Drugs Inspector, Jeedimetla, A. Srilatha, Drugs Inspector, Adilabad, K. Murali Krishna, Drugs Inspector, Malkajgiri and T. Chandana, Drugs Inspector, Mancherial.
