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HC quashes Centre's notification to ban FDC drugs

  •   Thu, Dec 01 2016 11:55:04 AM

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed the Centre's notification to ban 344 fixed dose combination (FDC) medicines.

The brands included D'Cold Total, Corex cough syrup, and Vicks Action 500, among others.

Justice R.S. Endlaw, allowing the 454 pleas filed by the pharma companies, quashed the Centre's notification issued on March 10.

Companies like Pfizer, Glenmark, Procter and Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser, Cipla and others had moved the court against the government decision. The court had granted stay on the notification.

The government had told the court that FDC medicines sold by pharma majors "endanger patient safety".

It had banned the drugs on the ground that they involve risk to humans and hence needed to be withdrawn immediately and contended that safer alternatives were available.

The pharma companies had argued that the ban order was passed without considering clinical data and had termed the government's claim as absurd.
  

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Thu, Dec 01 2016

    All foreign companies are targeted. Babaramdev once in NDTV said that already few have been driven out (with his brand of products) and many more will meet the same fate in the days to come.

    'Make in India'

    When he will produce Missiles and fighter aircrafts yet to be known.

    Jai Ho

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  • Santan Mascarenhas, Kinnigoli/Mumbai

    Thu, Dec 01 2016

    Flavian
    The parent companies of most of these Indian subsidiaries are more than 200 years old with solid clinical research behind them and they will not take the things lying down. I know a British co. now merged with Glaxo, who fought with govt, when govt told their drug was substandard. They took the case to final and showed the govt. that govt's analytical lab was not fully equipped to check their sophisticated drug, since they were the pioneers in the world of that drug.

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Thu, Dec 01 2016

    A BIG, BIG JOLT TO BAABA RAMDEV'S YOGA MEDICINE.

    WALK AND TALK, WALK AND TALK, WALK AND TALK WILL CURE THE SICK.

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  • Peter, KSA

    Thu, Dec 01 2016

    Indirect promotion of Tirpat Baba's product. Same like Maggie issue.

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  • sri, Karkala

    Thu, Dec 01 2016

    Drugs should not contain poisonous substance.
    It is not good to allow everything.
    There should be court committee to learn clinical data and allow them. Also document court finding

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  • Clifford Fernandes, Toronto

    Thu, Dec 01 2016

    When these reputed pharma companies told court that govt ban order was passed without considering clinical data, court would not quash the order without checking the clinical data from these companies.

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  • John, Udupi

    Thu, Dec 01 2016

    This government issuing all knee jerk reactions!!! Same with demonetization!!!. How can a government ban a drug without studying its clinical findings!?. Just because they are banned in some other countries should not be the basis!.

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  • NITIN, MUMBAI

    Thu, Dec 01 2016

    why govt has to considering clinical data of these drugs.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues., Frazer Town,Bangalore

    Thu, Dec 01 2016

    The Centre need to produce the required information to the court to ban these drugs

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