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The Drugs
Regulatory Authority (DRA) took action against a drug company importing a
cough syrup "Flemnil" which has been described by medical
experts as deadly. The DRA
after seeking advice from the Attorney General (AG) were able to take
necessary action against the racket. Several
cough syrup bottles have been handed over to the Criminal Investigations
Department for further investigations. The DRA
officials said that Dr. B.G.D. Bujewansa's warnings regarding the cough
syrup in the Island newspaper were correct. The
bottles seized from pharmacies island wide, were of different sizes and
their contents of different color, said DRA officials. Out of
the 130 Flemnil bottles seized, only a few bottles had caps bearing the
acronym, RB, which stood for Raptacos Brett, the Indian company that
manufactures the drug. Stoppers
of other Flemnil bottles had the logos of Indian Herbal Maker (IHM) and
Parker Robinson. "The
packs the bottles have come in are also of different colours and
sizes," DRA officials said. Also they said that further details would
be revealed after the Indian manufacturers' response regarding the racket. "We
think the Flemnil label has been used to sell other syrup bottles which
were probably date expired," they stated.
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