Chandigarh, April 20 -- In a late-night operation, the Haryana Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), in coordination with the police, busted an alleged racket involving spurious Mounjaro KwikPen injections and arrested two persons after intercepting a vehicle in Gurugram.

According to the European Medicines Agency, which is responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision and safety monitoring of medicines in the European Union, Mounjaro, a medicine manufactured by an American multinational pharmaceutical company, is administered to control type 2 diabetes in adults along with diet and physical activity. It is also used to help people lose weight or keep it under control.

FDA officials said they acted following a tip-off about the ...