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Pharma firms Sun Pharma and Torrent Pharma have announced that the medicines that have been declared non-standard in the list announced by the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) are fake and have not been produced.
“Our agency has conducted an investigation into these allegations. The drugs KFA0300 the batch number KFA0300 of Pulmocil (Sildenafil injection), pantacid (Pantaprazole tablets IP), batch number SID2041A, ursocal 300 (ursodaxycolic acid tablets IP), batch number GTE1350A drugs are fake,” a Sun Pharma spokesperson told PTI.
Sun Pharma said it is taking several measures for the safety of patients. QR code labels have been printed on some of the leading drug brands. The company said that by scanning these codes, patients can easily know the authenticity of the medicines.
English daily The Hindu reported that Torrent Pharma had claimed that it had detected Shellcol – 500 – 500 in the list announced by the Central Drug Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) as fake.
Torrent Pharma said it has made a QR code available to identify the original Shelkal 500 drug manufactured by the company. These codes were not present in the samples seized by the Central Drug Standards Control Organisation( CDSCO).
Torrent Pharma said it has submitted a report and an official response containing the findings it has tested.
Dr Jayalal, former president of the Indian Medical Association, said medicines and their quality standards are very serious issues. Strong steps should be taken to solve this problem.
“There is a need for continuous monitoring from the manufacture of medicines until they reach the patient, as is followed in many western countries. A prescription audit should be done without selling medicines at will. Government agencies buy medicines on the basis of L1 (a method of procuring medicines from companies that have tendered for a lower price). Hence, the possibility of spurious medicines coming into the supply systems in the public sector is high,” he said.