The CBI, which was working on the input for over a month, carried out a raid and Dua was caught giving Rs 4-lakh bribe to Reddy of the total promised amount of Rs 9 lakh on behalf of Biocon Biologics, a subsidiary of Kiran Majumder Shaw-led Biocon, officials said.
Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw denied these allegations and said product approvals are legitimate and backed by science and clinical data.
CBI has claimed Joint Drugs Controller S. Eswara Reddy allegedly received a Rs 4 lakh bribe to waive phase-three clinical trials of the Insulin Aspart injection, a product under development at Biocon Biologics.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday apprehended a Joint Drug Controller (JDC) posted at CDSCO Headquarters and a private person in an alleged bribery case in Delhi.