Karnataka seeks Pfizer standards to help identify fake medicines
Karnataka’s health department has written to Pfizer headquarters seeking reference standards to help laboratories, doctors and pharmaceutical companies distinguish genuine medicines from counterfeit products, Health Minister U.T. Khader said, according to The Hindu.
Karnataka’s health department has written to Pfizer’s headquarters seeking reference standards for the company’s medicines, Health Minister U.T. Khader said, according to The Hindu. Khader said the standards would help laboratories, doctors and pharmaceutical companies differentiate between genuine and counterfeit drugs.
The request follows a fake-drug bust, according to the headline supplied with the report. The minister said access to the standards would make it easier for the relevant institutions to check whether products attributed to Pfizer were original. The available material does not specify which medicines are involved or identify the products seized in the bust.
It also does not give details of the department’s correspondence, Pfizer’s response, the location of the seizure or any action taken against people connected to the alleged counterfeit medicines.
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