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New GPC sues Kaieteur News in NY
New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation, using the name New GPC Inc., has filed an action in the New York Supreme Court alleging defamation by Kaieteur News. The company’s owner, Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop, is seeking US$1 million in damages.
In the writ filed by Morlan Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman, Dr. Ramroop states that his company is relying “on its good reputation, goodwill and integrity in its business dealings both in Guyana and internationally.”
Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop
The writ is rooted in publications by Kaieteur News that New GPC overpriced its goods and pharmaceutical supplies sold to the Guyana Government.
He accuses Kaieteur News of waging a campaign “designed to destroy the Guyana Times newspaper and defame the reputation of Dr Ramroop…”
He described as malicious, defamatory, false and libelous, the allegations that the Ministry of Health paid exorbitant costs for drugs it procured through New GPC Inc. He quoted Kaieteur News publications captioned ‘GPHC drugs purchase continues… Govt pays $8,000 for $600 injection’. The drug in question was Depo Provera.
In the writ, Dr Ramroop accused Kaieteur News of contending that in the supply and sale of pharmaceuticals, New GPC is guilty of price gouging. He denied selling Depo Provera for the price quoted by Kaieteur News.
But in an interview he granted to Stabroek News, the subsequent article was headlined, “You cannot blame the New GPC for pricing. We price our drugs. It is up to the buyers to buy it or not. New GPC CEO — Dr Ranjisinghi Ramroop.” That article was published in the Stabroek News of Wednesday June 20, 2012.
He makes other denials in the writ, right to the point of stating that “the tube of Ketoconazole cream …being retailed in Guyana for $80 per tube is not the same tube as the brand name product the Plaintiff has sold to the Guyana Government for $1,909 per tube.”
In a press conference following the publications, the Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran admitted to buying Ketoconazole at a cost of $1,990 per tube.
Kaieteur News is scheduled to make an appearance in the New York court by September 6.
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