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Kerala bans sale of 41 batches of substandard drugs

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3 (UNI) The Kerala Drugs Control Department has prohibited the sale and distribution of 41 batches of drugs found to be not of standard quality during tests conducted in September 2026.
The State Drugs Controller has directed drug dealers, hospitals and other institutions having stocks of the affected batches to stop their sale and distribution and return the stocks.
The list includes several widely used medicines, including Paracetamol, Folic Acid, Cefixime, Doxycycline, Telmisartan, Esomeprazole, Pantoprazole, Oral Rehydration Salts, Salbutamol, Albendazole and Methylprednisolone.
Five Ayurvedic preparations manufactured by AR Pharmaceuticals, Punalur, Kollam—Balarishtam, Aswagandharishtam, Draksharishtam, Kumaryasavam and Abhayarishtam—also figure on the list. Thaleesapatradi Choornam manufactured by Anala Pharmaceuticals, Porkulam, is another Ayurvedic product included.
The department has also listed multiple batches of Folic Acid Tablets IP 0.4 mg manufactured by Unicure India Ltd, Uttarakhand.
Other products in the list include Diclofenac Sodium Gastro-Resistant Tablets 50 mg (Eldohem-50), Clonazepam 0.5 mg tablets, Nitrazepam 10 mg (Nitose-10), Calcium and Vitamin D3 tablets, Ondansetron orally disintegrating tablets, Paracetamol SR 1000, Paracetamol 650 mg (Parpol 650), Loperamide Hydrochloride 2 mg (Lopra), Olanzapine 5 mg, Methylprednisolone 16 mg (Sterio 16), Clopidogrel and Aspirin (Carpigrel-A) and Frusemide injection.
The September 2026 list issued by the Drugs Control Department gives the product names, manufacturers, batch numbers, manufacturing dates and expiry dates of all 41 batches declared not of standard quality.
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