On August 13, information from the Department of Health of Cao Bang province, the unit has just issued document No. 4448/SYT-NV to the People's Committees of communes, wards; affiliated units; private medical examination and treatment facilities and pharmaceutical businesses in the area, requesting the revocation of many types of fake drugs and drugs in illegal circulation.
This move was made after the Investigation Police Agency of Thanh Hoa Provincial Police dismantled a counterfeit drug production and consumption ring and issued Official Letter No. 6954/CV-CSKT (dated July 31, 2025) requesting coordination in recalling it.
Accordingly, 22 types of new drugs and fake bone and joint treatment drugs that are required to be recalled include:
Tetracyclin TW3 (250mg) type 400 tablets/plate, batch number 2525, manufactured on June 6, 2024;
Clorocid TW3 (250mg) type 400 pills/passport, batch 3333, manufactured on June 6, 2024;
Pharcoter type 400 pills/plate, lot number 30060;
Neo-Codion (2 steels x 10 pills) batch number 2022, manufactured on August 08/2024; batch number 1909, manufactured on October 10, 2023;
Fugacar Janssen Mebendazole (500mg) batch 2214016, manufactured on December 21, 2022;
Along with many other traditional medicine and foreign medicine such as: Parathyroid arthritis pain, Tui Hua Shen Tong, Dates and velvet tubers to enhance the gourd, Professor's Pill, Mujarhabat Kapsul, Gai gout, Crunch disease in the spirit of the sanctions, inter-mentship that protect the joint, Bach Xa Vuong's Sternum, Nose pain in the sanctions, Nose distension, Neck shoulder disease, Yuan Bone, single-etat practitioner, Crunch pain in the sanctions, Crunch pain in the plus joint, Crunch pain in the heart, Crunch disease in the sanctions.
The Department of Health requires the People's Committees of communes and wards to strengthen inspection and examination of wholesale, retail and drug use establishments; especially focusing on checking the origin and source of products.
If drugs suspected of being counterfeit or not licensed for circulation are detected, the facility must stamp, classify and prepare a report on the list and quantity to the Department of Health for handling in accordance with legal regulations.
