Officials of two Pharmaceuticals arrested for supplying adulterated medicines

*Health department drug testing laboratory declares Almajax syrup substandard while coagulated particles could easily be seen in Ofcil injection.

As per orders of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Raiwind City Police has arrested Medicina Pharmaceuticals Managing Director Riasat Ali Bhatti, Production Managers Zohra Sameen, Nauman Ahmed and Medisearch Pharmaceutical Director Operation Uneez Ali Nagra for supplying substandard, adulterated and spurious medicines to District Headquarters Hospital Hafizabad and registered cases against them at Raiwind City and Manga Mandi Police Stations.

As per details, Almajax syrup, manufactured by Medisearch Pharmaceutical and Ofcil injection prepared by Medicina Pharmaceutical were supplied to District Headquarters Hospital Hafizabad. As a number of complaints were received about the standard of these medicines, the chief minister took notice of the matter and directed the Health department authorities to hold an investigation and submit a report. The Health department drug testing laboratory declared Almajax syrup substandard while coagulated particles could easily be seen in Ofcil injection.

In the light of the report of the Health department, the chief minister directed CCPO Lahore Captain (r) Muhammad Amin Wains to take immediate action and arrest the elements involved in the production and sale of substandard medicines as they were playing with the human lives. Raiwind City DSP accompanied by the Raiwind City and Manga Mandi SHOs, drug inspectors of Allama Iqbal Town and Nishtar Town raided Medicina and Medisearch Pharmaceuticals and sealed the factories while arresting the above mentioned officials.