Hyderabad: Three arrested for black marketing Remdesivir drug
By Yunus Y Lasania| Updated: 19th April 2021 9:38 pm IST Representational image.
Hyderabad: Three persons, including two employees of Hetero Healthcare, were arrested by the city police for black marketing generic versions of the Remdesivir drug (vials), which is currently in high demand to treat COVID-19 patients. The accused were selling each vial of the drug for as much as Rs 20,000 to those who are desperately looking to purchase it. Twelve
Remdesivir 100 mg injections were recovered from their possession.
According to the deputy commissioner of police (north zone), the accused were identified as Shaik Saleem Jaffar, B. Venkatesh and Jonnala Sharan Sai. Of them, Saleem and Venkatesh are employed with Hetero Health , Kukatpally, as a area business manager and filed sales officer. The third accused and their accomplice, Sharan, is an employee of Alkem Pharmacy. All three of them were arrested near the Hyderab