As many as 293 strips of spurious CLAVAM 625 antibiotic tablets were seized from a medicine distributor here on Thursday.
According to reports, the Bhubaneswar-V Range Drugs Inspector raided the Kiran Pharmaceuticals at Ashok Nagar on the allegation of selling spurious CLAVAM 625 and seized the fake medicines worth around Rs 65,000.
A case will be filed in this connection at the Court of SDJM, Bhubaneswar.
The State Government had on Wednesday asked the concerned officials to intensify raids on the stores selling spurious medicines in the State. Health Secretary Shalini Pandit directed all field officers and enforcement squads to stay vigilant about the medicines coming from outside the State and intensify the raids on all suspicious outlets, persons and shops and take strong actions against the guilty.