Paracetamol, 50 Other Drug Samples Fail Quality Test. See Full List

Popular medications like paracetamol, pantoprazole and various antibiotics failed quality tests. 

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has raised concerns over the quality of 51 drug samples, including popular medications like paracetamol, pantoprazole and various antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections.

In a report released on June 20, CDSCO, India's drugs regulatory body, said 22 of these substandard drugs were manufactured in Himachal Pradesh. The other samples were collected from Jaipur, Hyderabad, Waghodia, Vadodara, Andhra Pradesh and Indore.