Spurious Drugs
SPURIOUS DRUGS
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Introduction
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A drug can be called as a spurious if
o It is imported under the name which belongs to another
drug
o It is a substitute for another drug
o Its label or container bears the name of another drug
o It is having the name of the company that does not exist
o It purports to be the product of a manufacturer of whom
it is not truly a product
Examples
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Luk for Lux
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Saveena for Sabeena
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Sun max for Super master
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Relax for Rolex
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Ribok for Reebok
Incidents
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Rs 2.5 crore worth spurious drugs seized by
FDA (Mumbai)
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Famous brands such as
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Loreal
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Lakme
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Nivea
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Eile 18 etc were manufactured with low
quality
Reasons
for the Manufacturing of Spurious Drugs
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Profit
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Length supply chain
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Huge gap in demand and supply
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Low cost to the customer
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Affordability
Measures
to Counter Spurious Drugs
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Putting up 3-d holograms on the products
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Printing bar codes across the products
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Law on the piracy & copying
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Frequent raids by the police on all the
illegal activities
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More promotion campaigns that lay emphasis on
genuine products
Offences
& Penalties
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Manufacturing for
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Sales
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Distribution
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& stocking of spurious drugs can results
in 3yrs imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine
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Non disclosure of name of manufacturer or
place where manufactured drugs are kept
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One year imprisonment & Rs 10,000 fine
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Not keeping the records of manufacture and
sale of cosmetics in specified manner
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3yrs imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine
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