Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has directed the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to take stringent actions against those pharmaceutical manufacturing companies that make spurious drugs.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched a surveillance drive to curb the menace of spurious drugs manufactured by nutraceutical companies operating across the country, stated an official release.
With the inputs of the Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department, the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh has busted one of the major spurious drug rackets worth Rs 7.35 crore and arrested one person.
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], June 15 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday directed the Crime Branch to investigate the seizure of spurious drug cases reported from some places in the state.
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): With an aim to check illegal practices of manufacturing spurious drugs, the Health Ministry has directed states to create intelligence cells to expose and bust such rackets.