Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 8 -- The Kerala Health Department has imposed a statewide ban on the sale and distribution of medicines manufactured by a firm in Gujarat and has suspended all products from a firm in Tamil Nadu over quality and regulatory violations.
The department banned the sale of Respifresh TR syrup (60 ml), manufactured by Rednex Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, Gujarat, after the Gujarat Drugs Controller declared the batch not of standard quality.
The Kerala Drugs Control Department issued an immediate stop-sale order. Officials have instructed five Kerala-based distributors to cease all activities and withdraw the product from the market immediately.
In a related move, the state government has suspended the sale and ...