Overview
- The Telangana Drugs Control Administration seized Gabazen tablets during raids in Malakpet on Wednesday after finding the product being sold as a food product or nutraceutical.
- DCA inspections of the label showed the tablets contain gabapentin, a prescription medicine listed under Schedule H that must be made and sold only under a drug licence.
- The agency named Gothic Pharmaceuticals of Cherlapally IDA as the manufacturer and Hyderabad-based Sifco Ayustar as the marketer of the seized product.
- DCA warned that producing drugs under a food licence bypasses Schedule-M good manufacturing practices and Indian Pharmacopoeia quality checks, increasing the risk of unsafe or substandard medicine for patients.
- Authorities have invited public reports via a toll-free number, 1800-599-6969 (10:30 am–5 pm on working days), and the seizure could prompt wider inspections of products marketed as nutraceuticals.