Hyderabad, May 18 -- The Telangana Drug Control Administration (DCA) cautioned the public about sale of a counterfeit version of Sildenafil, a drug supposed to cure erectile dysfunction.

The DCA asked druggists to stop its sale and notify its officials about this particular batch of injections being sold under the brand name of 'Pulmosil Injection' 10 mg/12.5 ml (with batch number KFA0300, Mfg Dt 06/23 with expiry date of 05/25) purportedly manufactured by the Sun Pharmaceutical industries in Turkapally village on Hyderabad city outskirts.

VB Kamalasan Reddy, DCA Director General said that fungus has been found in sealed vials of the counterfeit version of the product in question. In the light of these grave findings, the DCA issued a '...