The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)’s laboratory in Mumbai has found medicines from four companies in Gujarat to be substandard. These medicines include Amoxicillin and Potassium Clavulanate, which are used in the treatment of viral infections and even dengue.

Amoxicillin and Potassium Clavulanate are manufactured by Ahmedabad-based Alkem Laboratories. Another medicine, Pantoprazole, used to treat acid reflux, was also found to be substandard. A painkiller produced by the same firm was also found to be of substandard.

Furthermore, Medivision Health Care, based in the Vatva GIDC area of Ahmedabad, has been found to be manufacturing substandard NV infusion sets. 

Ahmedabad’s Ornate Pharma’s painkiller Ibuprofen Blueflam Forte, has been declared substandard by the CDSCO. The Alprazolam tablets, used for providing mental peace to patients suffering from insomnia, have also been found to be substandard.

In Gandhinagar, the medicines manufactured by ElikemPharma Private Limited have been proven to be of low quality. The CDSCO has also labelled Salbutamol tablets, used by asthma patients, as substandard.

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