New Delhi, June 21
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that they have apprehended a Joint Drug Controller (JDC) of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and the Director of a private company for allegedly demanding bribe to waive the Phase-3 trial of "Insulin Aspart Injection".
The accused JDC identified as E. Eswara Reddy posted with CDSCO headquarters, New Delhi, while his aide was identified as Dinesh Dua, the Director of Delhi-based Synergy Network India Private Limited.
A senior CBI official said that a case was lodged against Reddy, Dua and others which includes Guljit Sethi, the Director of Bioinnovat Research Service Private Limited; L. Praveen Kumar, the Associate Voice President and Head of National Regulatory Affairs of Biocon Biologics Limited; Animesh Kumar, the Assistant Drug Inspector of CDSCO and others.
"It was alleged that Reddy was trying to exert undue influence on officers of CDSCO to waive the Phase-3 trial of "Insulin Aspart Injection". The accused agreed to pay bribe amount of Rs 9 lakh to Reddy for favourably processing the said three files related to Banglore-based Biocon Biologics Limited and also for favourably recommending the file of "Insulin Aspart injection" to the Subject Expert Committee meeting.
The CBI laid a trap wherein Reddy was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh from Dua.
The CBI also conducted searches at 11 locations in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Patna, Bengaluru which led to the recovery of incriminating documents. (IANS)