FDCs are medicines that combine two or more drugs into a single dosage. The union health and family welfare ministry on Thursday issued a g...

India's drug regulator has directed state counterparts to provide a list of antibiotic combinations licensed for manufacturing and marketin...

The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), India's apex drug advisory body, in its meeting last month was also considering a proposal for e...

A committee had been set up under the chairmanship of CK Kokate, former vice-chancellor of KLE University, Belgaum, to review the safety, e...

As per the existing provisions under Schedule K of Drugs Rules, 1945, nicotine gum and lozenges containing up to 2mg of nicotine are exempt...

Based on the recommendation, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has sent a draft proposal to the Union Health Ministry for approv...

The DTAB has approved a list of OTC drugs which includes medicines like antifungal infections, analgesics (pain killers), cough syrups, dec...

The move comes on the heels of a controversy surrounding hip implants marketed by US medical device giant Johnson & Johnson.

ET has viewed parts of the latest ban notifications, which a senior ministry official confirmed would be notified this week.

The committee will be headed by Dr Nilima Kshirsagar, chair of clinical pharmacology at the Indian Council of Medical Research, Mumbai, acc...

The FDC were banned by the Centre on the grounds that they involved "risk" to humans and safer alternatives were available.

A bench said that the 349 FDCs were banned pursuant to the Kokate Committee report, by notifications of the central government under Sectio...

Companies can make and sell the 349 contested fixed dose combination drugs (FDCs) while Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) deliberates o...

Government told Delhi High Court that the decision to ban 344 fixed dose combination drugs was taken keeping in view "safety, efficacy and ...

PCMA has opposed the recommendations of the Health Ministry's DTAB demanding ban on use of PET containers for the packaging of pharmaceutic...

In the wake of opposition from industry and medical fraternity to the ban on anti-diabetes drug Pioglitazone, DTAB will review the decision...

The government has decided to frame guidelines on advertisements of emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) to ensure consumers be aware of the...