CDSCO drug alerts: NSQ and spurious medicines
Every month the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation publishes a drug alert: the batches of medicines that central and state laboratories found Not of Standard Quality (NSQ), and any found to be spurious. Each alert names the product, the batch number, the manufacturer and the reason. Pick a month to see its full list and search it by medicine or batch number.
Latest: August 2026 (221 batches)- August 2026221 batches1 spurious
- July 2026239 batches1 spurious
- June 2026193 batches
- May 2026166 batches2 spurious
- April 2026123 batches2 spurious
- March 2026191 batches1 spurious
- February 2026218 batches4 spurious
- January 2026220 batches4 spurious
- December 2025184 batches10 spurious
- November 2025218 batches2 spurious
- October 2025214 batches5 spurious
- September 2025112 batches1 spurious
- August 202596 batches3 spurious
- July 2025150 batches8 spurious
- June 2025188 batches4 spurious
- May 2025187 batches
- April 2025195 batches
Don't read the list every month
Tell Pharma Mithra which medicines you stock and get an alert when a new list names one of them — on WhatsApp or by e-mail. Also check any supplier's drug licence before you buy.
Start freeSource: CDSCO's monthly drug alerts. Entries are reproduced as published for reference; check the official alert before you act. See also what NSQ and spurious mean and the list of drugs banned in India.