Dolo650 makers say that the Income Tax sleuths have collated the total marketing expenditure from all divisions of the company for past several years to arrive at a 1000 crore figure.
Sanjay Parikh who was representing the Federation of Medical & Sales Representatives Association alleged that doctors were prescribing an irrational dose combination citing a CBDT report.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna was told by senior advocate Sanjay Parikh and advocate Aparna Bhat, appearing for petitioner 'Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives Association of India', that the market price of any tablet up to 500mg is regulated under price control mechanism of the government but the price of drug above 500mg can be fixed by manufacturer Pharma Company.
Top management including CMD and director raided
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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.
Since paracetamol tablets are the go-to medicines for those with cold and fever, the consumption (and popularity?) of Dolo-650 has been "surging".