Dolo 650

Dolo 650, a brand name for paracetamol, has become a household staple across India, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Stocked in medicine cabinets, it is often the first line of defence for symptoms ranging from fever and body aches to headaches and post-vaccine discomfort.

'Track and trace': 300 top-selling medicines to sport QR code to curb spurious drugs

On scanning the QR code, essential information such as manufacturing licence and batch number will facilitate the medicine’s authentication.

Micro Labs gets clean chit from pharma body on allegations of spending Rs 1,000 crore on Dolo 650

The company hasn't distributed freebies as claimed by tax authorities, Jayaraj Govindaraju, Executive Vice President Marketing and Communication, told Moneycontrol

Dolo 650 maker Micro Labs rejects allegations of Rs 1,000 crore worth freebies to doctors

The Supreme Court on Thursday was told by an NGO that the Central Board of Direct Taxes has accused the Bengaluru-based drug firm of distributing Rs 1,000 crore freebies to doctors for prescribing its 650 mg tablets.

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Tax raids on Dolo 650 maker, officials say cash, jewellery worth Rs 2.6 crore seized

The IT sleuths conducted a search operation on 36 premises spread across 9 states. MicroLabs’s Dolo 650 made big money during COVID-19 and the company became a market leader in the sector.

Storyboard18 | Paracetamol brand wars: Is Dolo rival Crocin feeling the chills?

After the spectacular rise of Dolo 650’s sales offline and memes online, Crocin 650 released ads to get in on the action. But are ads a match for memes?

Dolo 650 maker: We did not expect this kind of popularity

Dilip Surana, chairman and managing director at Micro Labs, on the reasons for the wild popularity of the tablet during the pandemic, the company’s plans for 2022 and ingredients to succeed in a business.

All you need to know about India's 'favourite snack', Dolo 650

Did you know? If all 350 crore of the 1.5 cm long tablets were stacked vertically, it would be nearly 6,000 times the height of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, or 63,000 times the height of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. Here are all other interesting facts about Dolo and why #Dolo650 is trending on Twitter.

Harsh Goenka weighs in on India's 'real Covid situation' with this meme

With cold weather in most parts of the country, many people, who may not have caught COVID-19, too are down with common cold and cough, setting off alarm bells.

Health Matters: Stack up all Dolo tablets India sold during COVID and it would be as tall as Burj Khalifa

The annual sales of the medicine moved to 9.4 crore strips – with 15 tablets in one strip – or 141 crore tablets. It spiked further to 14.5 crore strips – twice the sales in 2019 – or 217 crore tablets by November 2021.

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Since paracetamol tablets are the go-to medicines for those with cold and fever, the consumption (and popularity?) of Dolo-650 has been "surging".