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Cancer Drug Vials And Strips May Soon Carry QR Codes Amid Increasing Fake Medicines

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In New Delhi, unscrupulous criminals in collusion with hospital pharmacies were found refilling empty vials of expensive anti-cancer medicines with counterfeit drugs. (Representative Image: Shutterstock) A panel has proposed that Schedule H2 of Drugs Rules, 1945 may be amended to include all anti-cancer medicines to have a mandatory provision to print or affix bar code or quick response code on its labels. Amid the increasing incidents of counterfeit or fake medicines in the market, anti-cancer drugs may soon require mandatory QR codes and track-and-trace mechanisms, News18 has learnt. Submitted by the expert panel Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), the drug regulatory agency Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is considering a proposal for bringing in a ‘track and trace mechanism’ for oncology products by providing bar codes or QR codes. India already runs a system where the top-selling 300 medicine brands including Shelcal, Calpol, Dolo, Allegra and Meftal Spas, carry QR or bar codes to verify their authenticity. The move, which was introduced in 2023, aimed at weeding sub-standard and counterfeit medicines out of the …

10 Arrested For Selling Fake Medicines In Delhi: Cops

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These tablets were transported from Mandi to Haryana and later, to Delhi, police said. (Representational) New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested 10 people allegedly involved in the manufacture and sale of fake medicines used as painkillers and antibiotics among others in the National Capital Region. Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjay Bhatia said police have busted networks involved in the racket in the last four weeks. Giving details about the operation, Mr Bhatia said keeping in view a sharp surge in the supply of fake medicines in the retail markets in Delhi, three teams of the Crime Branch were tasked to develop inputs about such illegal rackets active in the Delhi-NCR. During a search of a vehicle under Tilak Bridge, huge quantities of fake Ultracet, Amaryl 1M, Gluconorm and Defcort tablets were seized and two people were arrested. During interrogation, one of them admitted that the medicines were spurious and named two other suppliers, who were arrested as well, the ACP said. The officer said over 44,500 tablets of Ultracet, …