HYDERABAD: Guntur-based pharmaceutical firm, Safe Formulations Limited, was stripped of its registration by the Pharmaceuticals Exports Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) for smuggling Tramadol drugs to Sudan.
The fighters use the drug to stay awake in war zones. In the suspension letter to Safe Formulations, Pharmexcil director general R Uday Bhaskar, said, “On April 25, we sought details of licensees to whom Tramadol was supplied and details of importers and other documents. The firm responded on April 27, stating they will send a reply by April 28. However, the firm failed to provide the information within the deadline. Due to this, the membership of Safe Pharma with Pharmexcil has been cancelled with immediate effect.”
In an earlier notice, the director general said, “It has come to our notice that central intelligence unit of Mumbai customs intercepted a consignment on February 27, and seized around 10 lakh Tramadol tablets on way to a pharmacy firm in JUBA, South Sudan. The shipment was examined at the air cargo complex in Sahar.”
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