Court sends Efroze Pharma director on two days remand, manager to jail

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A local court on Wednesday sent Efroze Pharma Director Nadir Feroz on two days’ physical remand while Manager Shakil Nagar was sent to jail.

Other accused in Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) spurious medicines case that unleashed several deaths of heart patients including doctors, pharmacists and store owners were also presented before the court.

The drug, Isotab, had caused more than 200 deaths and was declared unfit for use as it contained massive proportions of pyrimethamine used in malaria treatment.