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Crackdown on fake drug as QR code must for sale of essential medicines
The New Indian Express Vellore
|May 23, 2025
JHARKHAND Health Minister Dr Irfan Ansari ordered that no essential medicine without a QR code can be sold in the state.
According to him, the decision was made to curb the state's fake drug business. Also, it will enable anyone to distinguish between counterfeit and original medicines with the help of a phone scanner.
This story is from the May 23, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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