JAIPUR: A second medicine in the state has failed quality testing, , with laboratory analysis finding that Coral Calcium and Vitamin D3 Tablets (QcCal 500 TM) contained no Vitamin D3 despite it being listed as an active ingredient.The failed sample was from Batch No. MLS-251719, manufactured in Feb 2026 and expiring in Jan 2028, produced by Maskon Life Sciences Pvt Ltd in Bhagwanpur, Roorkee. Officials said the absence of Vitamin D3 in the tested dose has raised fresh concerns over about drug quality control and manufacturing standards in the state’s pharmaceutical supply chain.A health dept official said, “The Govt Analyst, Drug Testing Laboratory, Jaipur has issued the test reports and declared the drug QcCal 500 TM as seriously substandard because it did not contain active ingredient of Vitamin D3.”The medicine is commonly prescribed for calcium and Vitamin D3 deficiency, with Vitamin D3 aiding calcium absorption and improving bone health.The official said that they have alerted their counterparts in Roorkee to investigate the manufacturing lapse.In a separate case, another drug sample of QCE POD 200 mg, a third-generation antibiotic, has also failed quality tests after it was found to lack its active ingredient, Cefpodoxime Proxetil. The drug is manufactured by a firm in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh.
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