More fixed-dose combo drugs may enter ban listThe Indian government recently banned 156 fixed-dose combination drugs, citing health risks. An expert committee found these combinations l...
Govt bans 156 medicines including antibiotics, painkillers, multivitamins: Here is the full listThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has banned the manufacture, sale, and distribution of 156 fixed dose combinations. These include ...
India bans 14 fixed-dose medicines for likely posing risks to healthThe Indian government has banned 14 types of fixed-dose combination (FDC) medicines due to a lack of therapeutic justification and potentia...
Govt bans 14 fixed dose combination drugs, cites they may involve risk to peopleThe expert committee said that there is "no therapeutic justification for this FDC (fixed dose combination) and the FDC may involve risk to...
Government prohibits 328 fixed dose combinationsThe ban is effective immediately and may shave off over Rs 1,500 crore from India’s Rs 1.18 lakh crore pharmaceutical industry
SC for relook into 349 FDC medicines by drug advisory boardThe FDC were banned by the Centre on the grounds that they involved "risk" to humans and safer alternatives were available.
Govt challenges revocation of FDC drug ban in Supreme CourtThe petition comes almost two months after the Delhi HC on December 2 set aside the govt notification that had banned hundreds of fixed dos...
Year-end special: Five bans of 2016Bans test the limits of our regulatory frameworks. 2016 had its fair share of bans. Here are the top five.
Delhi High Court verdict on combination drugs ban likely todayEndlaw is expected to give his verdict even as the government has submitted a petition to transfer all FDC cases across the country to the ...
Government targets 500 combination drugs, confrontation with pharma companies loomingAccording to a person familiar with the development, the central drug regulator has sent letters to nearly 300 companies, which have sought...
Pharma sector grows 7.7 per cent in May; FDC ban weighsUnder the non-NLEM category, growth in May for domestic players and MNCs almost doubled to 9 per cent and 7.1 pc as against April's 4.6 pc ...
HC reserves verdict on pleas against ban on 344 FDCsThe court had on March 14 stayed the Centre's ban on 344 FDC drugs and this interim order was passed in each and every case filed before it...
Indian drug firms to face challenges in US market: ICRAIndian pharma companies will face a number of challenges in the US market going ahead including reduced number of big products going off pa...
Delhi HC seeks government view on validity of drug companies' licencesThe HC asked the government whether it needed to consider the validity of licences held by pharma companies producing the combination drugs...
Drug ban row continues as Delhi High Court extends stayJustice RS Endlaw asked the companies to provide a list of the drugs for which they were issued licenses by state licensing authorities (SL...
Delhi HC stays ban on drugs of Wockhardt, Glaxo and GriffonThe court also issued notice to the government on the companies' pleas challenging the notification and listed the petitions for hearing on...
Fixed- dose combos ban adds to burden of new essentials listAt least four drugmakers have rushed to court following the ban on more than 300 fixed-dose combination (FDC) medicines.