TNPSC Thervupettagam

Ban on FDC drugs

September 5 , 2024 57 days 214 0
  • The Indian government has banned 156 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs, including popular medicines such as Cheston Cold and Foracet.
  • FDCs are combinations of two or more known drugs in single-dosage form.
  • Since 2018, 328 such drugs were banned.
  • FDCs are meant for patients with conditions such as tuberculosis and diabetes for which they need to take multiple medicines regularly.
  • They reduce the number of pills the patient needs to take each day, and help improve adherence to the treatment.
  • The government set up a committee in 2014 to examine 3,450 FDCs approved for manufacture and sale in the country after 1988.
  • The committee found 963 drugs to be irrational, and suggested an immediate ban.
  • It also identified a set of FDCs which needed to be studied further.
  • Of these, 499 have been banned so far.

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