Overview
- The Delhi Drugs Control Department carried out a March 6 enforcement drive at a wholesale market on the directions of Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh.
- Officials inspected six wholesale firms and found four in violation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the Drugs Rules, 1945.
- Two firms had stored insulin at room temperature, breaching cold‑chain requirements that safeguard the medicine’s effectiveness.
- Authorities seized stock valued at Rs 20,06,024, including Tresiba, Glaritus, Humalog Mix50, Apidra and Toujeo products.
- Several packs bore defaced labels indicating government or institutional supply, purchase records were missing, two firms were booked, and the investigation remains in progress.