dahiyars
July 16th, 2006, 12:03 AM
Booming Business of Fake Medicines:
Enormity of spurious drugs selling can be understood from the following.
“ According to the World Health Organisation, 35 per cent of the fake drugs produced in the world come from India which has as Rs. 4,000 crores spurious drug market. Almost 20 percent of the medicines in the country are fake.” Jogindar Singh, former Director of CBI wrote in Asian Age [16 June,03]
“ There was suspicion about the negligence of the Department of Drugs Control when a few deaths were reported in Kolar because of spurious drugs.” Wrote Rajan Bala in Asian Age [6 June’03]
“Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a series of direction to the government to check the proliferation of spurious drugs in the country… The order was given by the court while hearing a case on death of four patients allegedly being administered contaminated fluid” [Hindusthan Times, 31 July’03]
•“ Last month, part of a drug consignment for Delhi Municipal Corporation-ru dispensaries was found to be fake.
•One crore rupees worth spurious drugs, sized recently in Patna, includes fake labels of reputed firms like Morpen, Ranbaxy and IPCA.
•In south India, Madurai, Coimbatore and Salem have become major supply centre for illegal medicines.
•The main dealers of spurious drugs found in Gujarat are traced to border district of Sriganganagar of Rajasthan.”
Outlook magazine of 22 September’05 [/SIZE]
Enormity of spurious drugs selling can be understood from the following.
“ According to the World Health Organisation, 35 per cent of the fake drugs produced in the world come from India which has as Rs. 4,000 crores spurious drug market. Almost 20 percent of the medicines in the country are fake.” Jogindar Singh, former Director of CBI wrote in Asian Age [16 June,03]
“ There was suspicion about the negligence of the Department of Drugs Control when a few deaths were reported in Kolar because of spurious drugs.” Wrote Rajan Bala in Asian Age [6 June’03]
“Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a series of direction to the government to check the proliferation of spurious drugs in the country… The order was given by the court while hearing a case on death of four patients allegedly being administered contaminated fluid” [Hindusthan Times, 31 July’03]
•“ Last month, part of a drug consignment for Delhi Municipal Corporation-ru dispensaries was found to be fake.
•One crore rupees worth spurious drugs, sized recently in Patna, includes fake labels of reputed firms like Morpen, Ranbaxy and IPCA.
•In south India, Madurai, Coimbatore and Salem have become major supply centre for illegal medicines.
•The main dealers of spurious drugs found in Gujarat are traced to border district of Sriganganagar of Rajasthan.”
Outlook magazine of 22 September’05 [/SIZE]