Jaipur : In a major revelation, it has emerged that YL Pharma, the pharmaceutical company whose medicines were recently declared spurious in Rajasthan, had already been barred from manufacturing operations in Himachal Pradesh earlier this year, according to state drug regulatory authorities.

The company, YL Pharma, based in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, had its production activities suspended by the Himachal state government on March 29, according to officials from the Drug Control Office in Dholpur and the state health department.

The matter came to light after a drug sample of Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride tablets (brand name Wincet-L, batch number YLT-25023) manufactured by YL Pharma was collected by the Drug Control Officer in Dholpur. Tests conducted at the Government Analyst Drug Test

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