Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has raised an alarm on the safety of injections after nine drugs manufactured in other states, which have failed in sterility tests in the state’s laboratories. In a letter to Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Rao highlighted the possible risks to the patients and called for immediate action to prevent the sale of these drugs in Karnataka, as reported by the Hindu.
The tests conducted between January 1, 2025 and February 16, 2025 showed that drugs do not meet safety standards. Affected drugs Metronidazole Injection Pharma Empex Laboratories, produced by Baruipur in West Bengal; Diclofenac sodium injection by alpha laboratories in Indore (MP); Dextrose injection by Rusoma laboratories in Indore (MP); Metronidazole by IHL Lifescienes Private Limited in Khargone (MP); Frucemide by Paksan Pharmaceuticals in Bahadurgarh in Haryana; Piperacillin and tazobactam by modern laboratories in Indore (MP); Calcium gluconate and ondanstron by recovering laboratories in Hisar in Haryana; And in his letter sent by Martin and Brown Biochenes in his letter sent on Thursday, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Astropine Sulfate, built in Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
Rao emphasized the important nature of the injectables, often used in acute care and warns that contaminated drugs can have fatal consequences for patients. He also referred to a previous incident related to contaminated injection from Paschim Banga Pharmaceuticals in West Bengal, allegedly killed five young mothers in Balari district of Karnataka.
The minister said, “When I am instructing my department to take enough steps to ensure that these drugs are no longer sold inside Karnataka, it is very likely that other contaminated medicines manufactured by these companies The minister is being sold in other states in India, “the minister said,” the report.
Rao also called for seizing contaminated drugs from the supply chain and also called for a mechanism of sales records to enable doctors, pharmacists and patients to alert a mechanism to alert the failed drugs. “Given the ‘life or death’ results for patients administering these contaminated drugs, I request you to use your good offices to ensure that all the products sold by these companies to be sold. The whole India has been withdrawn from the market and these companies are not allowed to sell, the minister told NADDA, “Any more drugs are inspected as long as the Standards Control Organization of Central Drugs (CDSCO) The inspection is not done for compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
