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New Delhi: The government agency responsible for promoting pharmaceutical exports, Pharmexcil, has sought an explanation from Andhra Pradesh-based Safe Formulations Ltd in a case of alleged smuggling of the banned psychotropic drug Tramadol after customs officials arrested a director at the pharma company...
The pharma company had supplied the drugs to two firmsFirst Wealth Solutions and Irishealth Global Wellness Pvt Ltdwhich are allegedly involved in smuggling the drugs..
Pharmexcil has asked the company to furnish the details of licensees, procurers, manufacturing license copies and product permissions of the drug by 27 April, failing which its registration will be suspended, said Pharmexcil director general Uday Bhasker..
The shipment was examined at the air cargo complex in Sahar and during further investigation, it was revealed that Safe Formulations Pvt Ltd in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, had provided the said goods toFirst Wealth Solutions..
Customs officials under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act have arrested Sangala Sridhar Reddy, director of Safe Formulations Pvt Ltd, a medicine manufacturing company based in Andhra Pradesh for allegedly supplying Tramadol to two other firms which would allegedly smuggle them further to several countries including Sudan, via air cargo," said Bhaskar in a communication to Govinda Reddy Balineni, director at Safe Formulations..
