Manufacturer record

Spurious: regulatory record

Last checked 20 September 2026. Source: CDSCO monthly NSQ alerts and state drug-testing laboratories

5 batches manufactured by Spurious were declared Not of Standard Quality between March 2022 and June 2022. Records are batch-specific findings by government laboratories as published in CDSCO's monthly alerts; where a company has stated that a flagged batch was counterfeit, that statement is noted when reported.

Records by type

5 records linked to Spurious in the datasets we hold. A zero means nothing is on record in those datasets, not that nothing ever happened. What the labels mean.

0Banned or prohibited
0Recalled or suspended
5Failed a lab test
0Regulatory notice
Primary government sourceTier 1: government primary source

CDSCO drug alerts: Not of Standard Quality and spurious drugs

CDSCO · CDSCO monthly NSQ alerts, Mar 2022 to Jun 2022

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Scope. A company appearing here is not a finding that its products are unsafe. Regulatory actions can apply to one batch, one formulation, one period or one state. Always check the linked government document for the current position, and tell us if something is out of date. How we label records.

5
NSQ batches since 2022
4
Products affected
Assay
Most common failure
Jun 2022
Latest alert

Flagged batches per year

2022 · 5

All flagged batches

Product Batch Reason declared NSQ Tested by Alert
Covishield Vaccine 4121MC040Mfg 2021-07 · Exp 2022-04 SpuriousSpurious CDL KasauliCDSCO lab Jun 2022
Covishield Vaccine 4121MC019Mfg 2021-06 · Exp 2022-03 SpuriousSpurious CDL KasauliCDSCO lab Jun 2022
Unlabelled filled transparent fluid vial purported to be ChAdoX1 nCoV19 corona virus vaccine Not GivenMfg ? · Exp ? Sterility test, Biochemical Test, Physical aspects, Label Review, Assay, Identity Test (Spurious)Assay Central Drugs Laboratory, KasauliCDSCO lab Mar 2022
Novel Corona Virus - nCoV Vaccine (ZYCOVD) I457BH110Mfg 2021-09 · Exp 2022-06 Sterility test, Biochemical Test, Physical aspects, Label Review, Assay, Identity Test (Spurious)Assay Central Drugs Laboratory, KasauliCDSCO lab Mar 2022
ChAdoX1 nCoV19 corona virus vaccine (Covishiled vaccine) 4121MC034Mfg 2021-07 · Exp 2022-03 Sterility test, Biochemical Test, Physical aspects, Label Review, Assay, Identity Test (Spurious)Assay Central Drugs Laboratory, KasauliCDSCO lab Mar 2022

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