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Medicines with over 12% alcohol can no longer be sold without prescription: GovtIn a new regulatory change, medications with alcohol content exceeding twelve percent will require a prescription from a doctor. This decis...10 Jul, 2026, 12.23 PM IST- 16 fixed-dose combination drugs banned in India: Check full list hereFixed dose combination banned full list: India has banned 16 fixed-dose combination drugs, including certain antibiotics and antispasmodics...20 Jun, 2026, 02.14 PM IST
- India bans 16 fixed-dose drug combinations over safety concernsIn a significant public health initiative, the ban on 16 fixed-dose drug combinations, including various antibiotics and topical formulatio...20 Jun, 2026, 11.14 AM IST
- Centre mandates prescription for syrup-based medicinesChemists must now have a doctor's prescription to sell cough syrups. The government has changed the Drugs Rules, 1945. This stops over-the-...16 Jun, 2026, 11.12 AM IST
- Monitor presence of potentially carcinogenic chemical in Ranitidine: DCGI to drug controllersThe DCGI has directed state and UT drug controllers to monitor levels of the potentially carcinogenic NDMA in Ranitidine, an antacid. This ...29 Jul, 2025, 01.51 PM IST
- Soon you may need doctor's prescription for cough syrupsThe Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), India's apex drug advisory body, in its meeting last month was also considering a proposal for e...01 Jul, 2023, 12.41 AM IST
- Lens on fixed-dose combination drugs containing vitamins, mineralsA committee had been set up under the chairmanship of CK Kokate, former vice-chancellor of KLE University, Belgaum, to review the safety, e...28 Jun, 2023, 06.55 AM IST
- DTAB recommends granting licence to manufacture, stock new drugs, jabs under clinical trialBased on the recommendation, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has sent a draft proposal to the Union Health Ministry for approv...10 Feb, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
- Faulty medical devices: Patients can seek compensationThe move comes on the heels of a controversy surrounding hip implants marketed by US medical device giant Johnson & Johnson.30 Nov, 2018, 07.23 AM IST
- Health ministry to ban 328 combination medicines over safety concernsET has viewed parts of the latest ban notifications, which a senior ministry official confirmed would be notified this week.12 Sep, 2018, 08.07 AM IST
- New committee to examine safety, rationality of over 300 drugs banned since 2016The committee will be headed by Dr Nilima Kshirsagar, chair of clinical pharmacology at the Indian Council of Medical Research, Mumbai, acc...20 Feb, 2018, 08.16 PM IST
- 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.16 Dec, 2017, 05.57 PM IST
- SC refers 349 FDC medicines to Drug Advisory Board for relookA bench said that the 349 FDCs were banned pursuant to the Kokate Committee report, by notifications of the central government under Sectio...15 Dec, 2017, 11.02 PM IST
- Supreme Court asks drugs advisory body to decide fate of over 334 banned combination medicinesCompanies can make and sell the 349 contested fixed dose combination drugs (FDCs) while Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) deliberates o...15 Dec, 2017, 12.31 PM IST
- PCMA opposes plan to ban PET container packing for medicinesPCMA has opposed the recommendations of the Health Ministry's DTAB demanding ban on use of PET containers for the packaging of pharmaceutic...27 Dec, 2013, 10.00 PM IST
- Health ministry to review ban on Pioglitazone tomorrowIn the wake of opposition from industry and medical fraternity to the ban on anti-diabetes drug Pioglitazone, DTAB will review the decision...18 Jul, 2013, 05.37 PM IST
- Govt plans new norms for ads on emergency contraceptive pillsThe government has decided to frame guidelines on advertisements of emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) to ensure consumers be aware of the...10 Nov, 2009, 02.59 AM IST
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