A Deadly Punch
- The Indian pharmaceutical market is flooded with medicines with unestablished efficacy and safety
- They include commonly used analgesics, antipyretics, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs
- The Drug Controller General of India has asked state drug controllers to withdraw 294 such fixed drug combinations (FDCS) from the market and stop their production
- FDC means those medicines that use more than one drug in a fixed proportion. Over 1,000 products have to be recalled.
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Monthly Index of Medical Specialities
