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Centre Gives Sanction To Prosecute Joint Drugs Controller In Bribery Case
The government has granted the sanction to prosecute Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's joint drugs controller S Eswara Reddy, clearing the decks for initiating a trial against him for allegedly taking a bribe to favourably recommend Biocon Biologics' insulin injection, officials said Sunday. The CBI submitted the sanction for prosecution, accorded by the Director (Vigilance) in the Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare, before a special court here.
Repeated calls made to the office phone of Reddy seeking his comments remained unanswered.
The agency has also received the sanction against Animesh Kumar, Assistant Drugs Inspector, who is a co-accused in the case, they said.
Apart from Reddy and Animesh Kumar, the CBI had also arrested Biocon Biologics' Associate Vice President L Praveen Kumar, Synergy Network India Private Limited director Dinesh Dua, who allegedly gave Reddy Rs 4 lakh as bribe, and Guljit Sethi, an alleged conduit of Biocon Biologics.
The arrests were made in June last year in the bribery case allegedly to waive the Phase 3 clinical trial of 'Insulin Aspart' injection, a product developed by the company to manage Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
However, Biocon Biologics, a subsidiary of Kiran Mazumdar Shaw-led Biocon, denied the allegations of bribery.
Reddy was suspended but the health ministry revoked his last year and reinstated him as the joint drugs controller. The agency had filed the charge sheet in August last year against the accused persons, but the trial had not commenced as the sanction for prosecution, a mandatory requirement before proceedings in a case against a government servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act can be initiated, was awaited, they said.
In its charge sheet filed in August last year, the agency alleged the bribe payment was made to Reddy after clearance from associate vice president of Biocon Biologics L Praveen Kumar, they said.
After the charge sheet was filed, the company had said in a statement that it follows global best practices in regulatory science which have earned it the distinction of being the only Indian company with the largest number of regulatory approvals for Biosimilars in ICH countries like the USA, Canada, EU, Japan amongst others.
"We have followed due process in seeking phase 3 waiver from DCGI for our biosimilar product Insulin Aspart, as per the current provisions and with precedence of the word 'protocol' used for such approvals. Insulin Aspart was approved by the EU and Canada respectively prior to the filing of an application before the Indian CDSCO, and this is one of the considerations for the grant of an Indian approval," the statement had said.
It said under the Indian regulations, approval for a foreign-approved drug is not an exception, as surmised by the investigating agency and is in fact, within the rules.
"The company has not made any payments to Bioinnovat Research or any other party named to facilitate the alleged bribe to the CDSCO official. We deny other allegations of wrongdoings in seeking approval for Insulin Aspart under existing provisions and precedence. We reiterate our confidence in the judicial system and have fully cooperated with the investigating agency," it had said.
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Considering Allowing Rupee For Local Transactions: Sri Lanka Minister
Sri Lanka is considering the possibility of allowing the usage of the Indian rupee for local transactions just like the dollar, euro and yen to facilitate Indian tourists and businessmen, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said on Saturday.
Sabry was briefing the media here on President Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit to India on July 20-21, his first since assuming office last year. He held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
"We have considered the possibility of using the Indian rupees like we accept the dollar, euro and yen," he said.
Allowing its direct use would prevent the need for multiple currency conversions for Indian tourists and businessmen.
On Friday, the two countries noted that the decision to designate INR as currency for trade settlements between the two countries has forged stronger and mutually-beneficial commercial linkages, and agreed to operationalise the Unified Payments Interface-based digital payments for further enhancing trade and transactions between businesses and common people.
The two countries signed the Network to Network Agreement between NIPL and Lanka Pay for UPI application acceptance in Sri Lanka after bilateral talks between Modi and Wickremesinghe.
On an MoU signed with India on the development of Trincomalee as a regional hub for industry, energy and bilateral cooperation, Sabry saw no objections coming from China.
"We are a non-aligned state, we have only signed an MoU to identify feasible projects through a joint committee. I don't think any country would object to such open and transparent dealings," Sabry said.
Sabry said both leaders agreed on the importance of port connectivity between the two countries.
"To reach the next level, we need investments. We discussed ways which would be mutually beneficial to both countries. The tie-ups between not only the two governments but between the private sector were emphasised," Sabry said.
He said the possibility of Sri Lanka benefiting from the vast economic development in the South Indian region was considered.
"The two leaders agreed for connectivity between the ports for this purpose", Sabry said.
The need for port connectivity between Colombo and Trincomalee and the South Indian region was agreed between the two leaders.
He said the necessary studies on building a bridge for land connectivity or continuing with the existing ferry services would be soon undertaken. Getting an Indian university on board to help in Sri Lanka's digitalisation was also discussed, he added.
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