Andhra govt. rebuts allegations that expired remdesivir injections were administered

TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh had alleged that a massive scam had taken place around the remdesivir injection.

The government of Andhra Pradesh has rebutted messages being circulated in the print and electronic media groups that remedesivir injections that expired in March 2021 were administered to patients in Area Hospital, Narsipatnam. After the videos went viral on social media, Assistant Director, Drug Control, Visakhapatnam , Rajitha clarified that Remedesivir injection is a new drug and the Drugs Control General of India (DCGI) had initially given instructions to the manufacturer to fix shelf life and expiry date as six months based on the stability studies submitted earlier by the manufacturer. Later, the stability studies were continued, and as per stability studies data submitted by the manufacturer, the DCGI had given permission to the manufacturer to extend the shelf life and expiry date upto 12 months.