Telangana: DCA bust unlicensed drug manufacturing unit in Sangareddy Dist; ₹ 50 lakh worth drugs seized

Hyderabad: Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA) officials have busted manufacturing of drug ‘Diacerein’ in a chemical factory without a drug license on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Two special teams constituted by DCA carried out surprise raids at unlicensed manufacturing facilities on the outskirts of Hyderabad since yesterday, DCA Director General V.B Kamalasan Reddy said in a statement here on Friday.

During the raids, the officials detected unlicensed manufacturing of the drug ‘Diacerein’ at Rakshit Drugs Pvt. Ltd at Street, Bonthapally Village, Gummadidala Mandal (Sangareddy District), outskirts of Hyderabad.

It also seized the stock of 236 kg of the drug ‘Diacerein’ worth 50.25 lakhs during the raid.

The officials also found that Rakshit Drugs has manufactured and sold several batches of the drug ‘Diacerein’ under code name ‘CDE-I’ without a drug license.

As per Drugs and Cosmetics Act, drugs shall be manufactured in ISO-8 Clean Rooms adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices. But the firm is manufacturing the drug ‘Diacerein’ not adhering to GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practice) and without a drug license.

M Anish Kalyan, Assistant General Manager of the firm is present during the raid. Diacerein Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) is used to manufacture formulations intended to treat Osteoarthritis.

Assistant Director P. Ramu and Drugs Inspectors G. Srikanth, K. Anvesh, Ch. Karthik Siva Chaitanya and A.N. Kranthi Kumar are among the officers who carried out the raid.

Further investigation will be carried out and action will be taken as per the law against all the offenders.