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New Drugs and Clinical Trial (NDCT) Rules, 2019

October 24 , 2024 31 days 177 0
  • The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has recommended the inclusion of all antibiotics in the definition of new drugs in the New Drugs and Clinical Trial (NDCT) Rules, 2019.
  • It aims to curbing the growing anti-microbial resistance which is now recognised as a public health threat globally.
  • The board is also looking at amending the labelling requirements under the Drugs Rules, 1945 and adding a blue strip or box for antimicrobial products.
  • It has recommended that no antimicrobials should be sold by the traders to the non-pharmaceutical industries who do not hold requisite licences.
  • DTAB is the highest statutory decision-making body on technical matters related to drugs in the country.

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