The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) in India has issued an alert regarding 50 commonly used medicines found to be of substandard quality in August 2024. The list includes popular brands like Pan-D, Paracetamol, blood pressure medications, and diabetes drugs, manufactured by companies like Unicure India Ltd, Hetero Drugs, and Alkem Laboratories. The CDSCO also identified five drugs as spurious, adulterated, or misbranded.