Black advertising of black fungus medicines in UP: 2 held

Noida Police has arrested two individuals in reference to black advertising of Amphotericin B, a drug used to deal with black fungus.
According to police, the accused, Anurag and Ankit, would coordinate with pharmacies to acquire the injections at low charges and promote them at the next value within the NCR. The arrests come within the wake of the UP authorities declaring mucormycosis or black fungus a notified illness, with demand for anti-fungal medicines slowly rising.
“We received information that two persons had been selling medicines at nearly six times the original price. Since these medicines are crucial in treatment, families of patients end up paying more money. We traced a transaction and arrested Anurag, who works in a pharmacy. Along with the other accused, Anurag obtained and sold these injections. Further investigation is pending,” mentioned an official from Sector 58 police station.
According to police, Anurag labored in a Noida-based Apollo pharmacy as a supervisor. An FIR has been filed for fraud.