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

This report will be sent to the health ministry in the next two weeks, following which the government will decide the fate of these drugs, ...

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

The government challenged it in the top court on the ground that the ban was necessary in public interest, prompting the top court to stay ...

A Central government notification banning 344 such fixed-dose combinations in 2016 was set aside by the Delhi High Court in December.

The govt claimed the ban was imposed on the basis of recommendations of a committee that blamed such drugs for toxicity and antibiotic resi...

The petition comes almost two months after the Delhi HC on December 2 set aside the govt notification that had banned hundreds of fixed dos...

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The health ministry had on March 10 decided to ban 344 popular fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs, affecting nearly 6,000 brands, a move th...

Govt defends process followed to ban FDCs, argues that these medicines are not fit for consumption.

The brands included D'Cold Total, Corex cough syrup, and Vicks Action 500, among others.

Around nine transfer petitions filed by the government against companies contesting the ban are likely to be listed for hearing on November...

FSSAI notice asking companies to follow strict norms on nutraceuticals launched after 2011 could mean a ban on all products.

"Can we proceed under the premise that approval is not an issue," Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the government.

Lobby groups of pharmaceutical companies are leaving no stone unturned to get the health ministry’s ban on 344 fixed-dose combination (FDC)...

Kokate told ET that only those mentioned in the list were found to be irrational, while most others were spared regulatory action.

As a result of the court's order, the ban on sale of P&G's Vicks Action 500 extra, Reckitt's D'Cold and Piramal's Saridon have been lifted ...