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Centre bans 156 drugs used for fever, pain, allergies

FDC drugs are those which contain a combination of two or more active pharmaceutical ingredients in a fixed ratio and are also referred to as 'cocktail' drugs. Please note, image used only for......

New-Gen COVID Jabs Coming Soon...

India currently does not have any XBB 1.5 variant-based vaccines available. IMAGE: A healthcare worker prepares a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Photograph: ANI Photo New-generation Covid......

Why Govt Wants To Ban These Cough Meds

Codeine-based formulations are under the scanner for misuse as a narcotic product. IMAGE: In July, the government for the first time allowed a private company, Bajaj Healthcare, to process opium......

'None of the existing vaccines can prevent emerging variants of Omicron'

'We seem to be in a situation where we can do little, and nothing needs to be done anyway.' Photograph: ANI Photo As India's COVID-19 daily case count dips below the 100-mark, approvals for......

Govt panel recommends reducing Covid booster dose gap to 6 months

The Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) on Thursday recommended reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses of......

Medical devices to be treated as drugs from next fiscal

The new regime aims to bring in ease of doing business, as the NITI Aayog has proposed to do away with the need to have manufacturing licences to register medical devices or to get a certificate of......

Saridon, Piriton and 2 other drugs kept out of banned list

The Delhi high court had earlier allowed Indian pharma major Wockhardt to sell its Ace Proxyvon tablets, which is a mixture of three salts -- aceclofenac, paracetamol and rabeprazol -- a......

328 fixed-dose combination drugs banned on safety grounds

The original list had named 349 drugs, but 15 drugs, which include cough and cold medicines Phensedyl and Tixylix, approved prior to 1988, have been kept outside the purview of the ban The health......

Why govt's drive to promote generic drugs is flawed

Experts believe the move will have little impact given limited production of generic drugs and authority of doctors in prescribing medicines. The government has made it mandatory for all chemists......

How govt plans to push generic drugs

The change in labelling, which is seen as a part of government’s effort to push generic drugs, will come into effect from September 13. The Union health ministry has tightened labelling......

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Centre bans 156 drugs used for fever, pain, allergies

New-Gen COVID Jabs Coming Soon...

Why Govt Wants To Ban These Cough Meds

'None of the existing vaccines can prevent emerging variants of Omicron'

Govt panel recommends reducing Covid booster dose gap to 6 months

Medical devices to be treated as drugs from next fiscal

Saridon, Piriton and 2 other drugs kept out of banned list

328 fixed-dose combination drugs banned on safety grounds

Why govt's drive to promote generic drugs is flawed

How govt plans to push generic drugs

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