Remdesivir Black Marketing in Chennai, 2 Arrested

Chennai, May 14: The city police on Friday booked two persons for alleged illegal sale of Remdesivir, a drug used in the treatment of Covid-19 patients.

The action was based on a tip-off and a police team held enquiries with the proprietor of a drugs selling firm and found he had procured Remdesivir from a city-based distributor without any valid documents, an official release here said. Remdesivir Black-Marketing: Nurse And 2 Lab Technicians of Medical College in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol Arrested.

He was found selling Remdesivir without government approval and along with the distributor, was booked, it added. A total of 145 vials of the drug were seized from the distributor.

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