Fixed Dose Combinations
Government bans 16 fixed drug combinations over health safety concerns
Health Ministry prohibits 16 fixed drug combinations, including antibiotic and cosmetic formulations, after an expert review found they lacked therapeutic justification and posed potential health risk
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Centre bans sale, manufacture of 16 FDC drugs over public health concerns
The Centre has prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of 16 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs, saying they lack "therapeutic justification" and their continued use was not considered beneficial in relation to the potential risks involved. The move, the Union Health Ministry said, was to safeguard public health and promote rational use of medicines while ensuring only effective and scientifically validated medicines are available to the public. FDC drugs are those which contain a combination of two or more active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in a fixed ratio. The decision follows a review of FDCs undertaken in compliance with the Supreme Court's directions. The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) had constituted an expert committee to examine various drug combinations and identify those that were irrational, therapeutically unjustified or potentially harmful. "The manufacture for sale, sale, distribution and supply of the identified 16 FDCs for human use shall sta
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200 out of 500 combinations examined have been found irrational: Govt sources
This is part of the government's plan to ban Fixed Dose Combinations as recommended by the Chandrakant Kokate committee report
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