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Kotdwar to Hyderabad: How a fake-drugs racket in Uttarakhand with roots in south India was busted.

Officials from enforcement agencies with the accused charged with making and supplying spurious drugs; image credit: Telangana Drug Control Administration

Synopsis
In a rare breakthrough, the Telangana drug administration has unearthed a well-oiled network of spurious drug peddlers with operations spanning from the northern state of India to the narrow alleys of Hyderabad. According to senior police officers, it’s just the tip of an iceberg.

What’s common among Augmentin, Clavam, and Omnicef? Well, these are among the most widely prescribed antibiotic drugs in India made by leading pharmaceutical companies including GSK, Alkem Laboratories, and Aristo Pharma. But if any of these medicines did not work for you in the past, it is quite possible that you were just popping in chalk powder or counterfeit drugs. In a rare breakthrough late last month, the Telangana Drug Control

( Originally published on Mar 06, 2024 )