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- Authorities raided an unlicensed farmhouse facility in Bidadi that was repacking and relabelling inexpensive medicines as costly life-saving drugs.
- Investigators found the operation included counterfeit packaging with non-functional QR codes and expired products that could have entered the supply chain.
- The state health department has cancelled 16 retail and wholesale licences and suspended eight others while a Special Investigation Team continues to track the supply network.
- The crackdown aims to prevent potentially harmful and ineffective counterfeit pharmaceuticals from reaching consumers.
What to watch next
- Findings from the Special Investigation Team report
- Results from laboratory testing of seized medicine samples
- Outcome of legal proceedings at the JMFC court in Bengaluru South
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U T Khader
Karnataka Health Minister
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“The department officials have identified a big scale fake medicine network or mafia. Upon learning about the involvement of individuals from other states, we formed an SIT involving personnel from the Drug department, police and Commercial Tax department, and the investigation is ongoing. I would not like to comment further now,”
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…authorities. Karnataka Health Minister U T Khader said authorities will take strict action against those found to be involved in the alleged fake medicine network after the SIT submits its findings, as per PTI. " The department officials have identified a big scale fake medicine network or mafia. Upon learning about the involvement of individuals from other states, we formed an SIT involving personnel from the Drug department, police and Commercial Tax department, and the investigation is ongoing. I would not like to comment further now, " he told reporters. Khader also said some government officials had been suspended in connection with the case. He added that the drug licences of retailers and wholesalers allegedly involved in the sale and…
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Named India · Pfizer · Bengaluru · Drug Enforcement Wing · Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 · Karnataka · Karnataka Food and Drug Administration · Special Investigation Team · U.T. Khader
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