SIT probe finds racket distributed 15,000 vials of fake antibiotics in Bengaluru

The SIT probe into the fake medicine racket revealed that the accused distributed nearly 15,000 vials of two spurious antibiotics, Zavicefta and Emblaveo, over the past one-and-a-half years. The accused allegedly filled the vials with a generic medicine and used labels bearing the Pfizer name. Officials stated that the accused procured original company labels from Turkey and that the network of distribution was traced across multiple states, including Hyderabad, Chennai, and Uttarakhand.