Supreme court has lifted the ban and allowed the sale of 3 Fixed Dose combination drugs FDC, Saridon, Piriton cough expectorant and Dart.
It was argued that the medicines were manufactured before 1988 and thus should be exempted from the banned list.
These drugs were part of the 328 FDC drugs whose manufacture, distribution and sale were banned by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on September
The FDC drugs are two or more drugs combined in a fixed ratio into a single dosage form, thereby reducing the number of drugs to be taken every day.