Overview
- Drug‑control officers in Gurugram, following Saturday’s vehicle stop near HUDA City Centre in DLF Phase 4, seized 242 Mounjaro KwikPen injections across six strengths valued at about ₹56.15 lakh and detained a medical representative and his alleged supplier.
- A follow‑up raid at a Sector 62 flat recovered mixing gear, raw materials and locally printed labels, and officials said the accused had no licence to make or sell the drug.
- Inspectors who compared the haul with Eli Lilly’s authentic packaging logged mismatched fonts, formatting and toll‑free numbers, and the pens were found outside the required 2°C to 8°C storage range.
- Reuters, citing investigators, reported that peptides were ordered from vendors on Alibaba and finished pens were listed on IndiaMART at discounted prices, with samples now at government labs for chemical confirmation.
- The two suspects are in custody under Drugs and Cosmetics Act cases, a nationwide alert with batch details has been issued, and rising demand for GLP‑1 shots used for diabetes and weight loss has made these high‑value medicines a target for counterfeiters.