FSDA cancels 16 pharmacy licences, suspends 8 in drug racket crackdown

Karnataka's Food and Drug Administration has cancelled 16 pharmacy licences and suspended 8 others, including a Pfizer depot, following investigations into an unlicenced drug repacking and relabelling operation.

The action stems from a large-scale racket discovered on August 18 at a farmhouse in Bidadi, Bengaluru South district. The operation involved illegally repackaging and relabelling pharmaceutical products.