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Maha FDA seizes therapeutic drugs from gym in Mira Road

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: November 16, 2022 10:40 IST

Maharashtra's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said its officials raided a gymnasium in Mira Road and seized therapeutic drugs ...

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Maharashtra's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said its officials raided a gymnasium in Mira Road and seized therapeutic drugs worth more than Rs 5 lakh stocked without permission from authorities. 

The raid was carried out based on information received at the intelligence branch of the  FDA, said the regulator in a press release. A team of the FDA recovered mephentermin, testosterone, and growth hormone injections, among 71 therapeutic drugs, at the gymnasium-cum-wellness store, said the release.

These items, worth more than Rs 5 lakh, were stored in the premises without obtaining licence as per provisions laid down under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, it added.

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