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A little more than two weeks ago, on 12 August, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare announced a ban on 156 fixed-dose combinations, or FDCs in India, on the grounds that these drugs lack ...
In June 2023, 14 FDCs that were part of those 344 drug combinations were banned. Many of the FDCs banned over the years were also from those 344 drug combinations.
Follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) trap immune complexes to engage B cells that are trafficking through lymphoid follicles, including the tertiary lymphoid follicles that can arise anywhere in the ...
Here the DCGI called to ensure that the FDCs will not be allowed for manufacture, sale, & distribution in the country. If the companies failed to adhere, investigations would be conducted and ...
Of the 30 FDCs, 13 were antipsychotics, 11 were antidepressants and six were benzodiazepine or sedatives. One FDC comprised four drugs, three comprised three drugs, and 26 comprised two drugs.
In its report submitted on 20 January 2015, the committee led by Chandrakant Kokate, vice-chancellor of KLE University, Karnataka, had deemed these FDCs irrational, and banned them.
DTAB agrees with sub-committee report recommending prohibition of 16 FDCs: Gireesh Babu, New Delhi Monday, May 12, 2025, 08:00 Hrs [IST] The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has agreed with a ...
They add that one of the main advantages of FDCs is that patients have to take considerably fewer pills (3-4 instead of 9-16 per day in the intensive phase), thus making treatment easier, aiding ...
For the Treatment of Asthma, Surveyed Physicians’ Prescribing Practices of LABA/ICS Fixed-Dose Combinations (FDCs) Show that Competition is Tight Between GlaxoSmithKline’s Seretide and AstraZene ...
S. Srinivasan explains why FDCs or cocktail drugs are being banned in India, why India has one of the highest number of FDCs in its pharma market in the world, what the legal provisions around the ...
In June 2023, 14 FDCs that were part of those 344 drug combinations were banned. Many of the FDCs banned over the years were also from those 344 drug combinations.