Spurious drugs and medicines

AIYF demands govt crackdown on pharma companies

​Khammam: The All India Youth Federation has demanded the government to crack down on the fake pharmaceutical companies that were carrying illegal business of selling spurious drugs and medicines to people.

In this regard, the representatives of the Federation led by its district secretary Siddineni Karnakumar, on Wednesday, gave a representation to the Drug Inspector, Lakshminarayana, demanding immediate action against the pharmaceutical companies that were running the drug mafia in the district.

Speaking on the occasion, Karnakumar alleged that some of the pharmaceutical companies were selling fake medicines and playing with the lives of people.

“Having no knowledge about such medicines, people are consuming them and falling prey to their side effects. Some are even losing their lives.

However, not bothering about people, some greedy pharma companies are indulging in manufacturing of spurious drugs and carrying out illegal business without any fear,” he criticised.

To make quick bucks, many private hospitals and medical shops by violating rules were selling fake and spurious medicines to patients, he alleged.

He demanded the officials to conduct regular raids on such pharmaceutical companies apart from making surprise checks of hospitals and pharmacies to contain the menace and take stringent action against those found guilty.

AIYF district president Abburi Mahesh, Nanabala Rama Krishna, Katukuri Satish Reddy, Md Rafi and Pothula Sudharshan were present along with others.