The Supreme Court has quashed the order for detention of a doctor accused of procuring fake Remdesivir injection during the second COVID-19 wave, saying the state government delayed decision on his representation and failed to communicate the outcome
From fake medicines to fire extinguishers disguised as oxygen cylinders and recycled personal protective equipment, India's coronavirus hell has been lucrative for its ever-inventive army of scammers, with sometimes deadly consequences.
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Fake Remdesivir racket busted in Haryana, 11 arrested
The Food and Drugs Administration department of Haryana has busted a racket involved in manufacturing large quantities of fake Remdesivir injections. A total of 11 people have been arrested so far in the case by the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of the police.
According to police, the accused were allegedly selling Meroprnem, as Remdesivir vials by printing fake stickers of M/s Hetero Labs Limited, a company producing the drug.
Police said that 277 vials with fake stickers were recovered. More than 3,300 boxes of Meroprnem were also recovered.
Remdesivir is an antiviral drug used in the treatment of Covid patients.
MP Police brings 4 accused from Gujarat to Indore for selling fake Remdesivir ANI | Updated: May 20, 2021 14:00 IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh police brought four persons from Gujarat s Surat to Indore, arrested in connection with selling fake Remdesivir injections.
According to Ashutosh Bagri, Superintendent of Police, Indore, the arrested accused revealed that they used glucose and salt to make the fake Remdesivir injections. There was a case filed in Vijay Nagar police station regarding the supply of fake Remdesivir injections. The main accused in the case were Sunil Mishra, Kaushal Bohra and Puneet Shah, along with another accused Kuldeep who was working as a mediator. We got a production warrant against all four accused and brought them to Vijay Nagar police station, said the SP.
Scarcity breeds falsification and counterfeiting. India is known as the pharmacy of the world, but the country is battling the challenge of counterfeit drugs for long including fake Covid-19 vaccines and fake Remdesivir.