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Initially, fixed-dose combination drug products were developed to target a single disease (such as with antiretroviral FDCs used against AIDS). However, FDCs may also target multiple diseases/conditions, such as Caduet or EXFORGE. (Caduet contains atorvastatin to treat hypercholesterolemia and amlodipine to treat hypertension.) If you have any suggesstions , comments or queries, please email me at pooja@jagograhakjago.com . Best wishes , Pooja Khaitan
Editor-In-Chief , PSM NEWZ Partnership for Safe Medicines India.  PSM India @ United Kingdom   “ONLY SWITCH MEDICATION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST” --Mr. Bejon Misra (Founder, PSM India) National Training Workshop on “Secured Medicines & Robust Pharmacovigilance - Key to Patient Safety & Health” Organised By Government of India and State Governments Managed By Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM) India Initiative on 23rd August at Bangalore and 26th August 2013 at Mumbai
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 2 drugs found spurious in Jammu and Kashmir
SRINAGAR,2013: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) today confirmed that two drug samples taken from Jammu and Kashmir hospitals for testing efficacy have been found spurious. “The Union of India (UoI) filed a status report on behalf of DCGI saying that we have received efficacy report of 25 out of 156 drug samples taken from different places in Jammu and Kashmir. Out of the 25 samples two have been found spurious,” Showkat Ahmad Makroo, the Assistant Solicitor General of India told this reporter.
 Government cracks down on harmful Fixed Dose Combination drugs
MUMBAI, JULY 2013: The government has finally got cracking on regulating harmful and irrational combination medicines in the market, directing pharma manufacturers to prove their safety and efficacy claims. This comes close on the heels of a recent move banning three widely used medicines, including diabetes drug pioglitazone. Such combination medicines, also called fixed dose combinations (FDCs), are popular across several therapeutic areas like painkillers, antibiotics, cough remedies and anti-depressants.
 Schedule H1 antibiotics to be limited to only 48 instead of 91 proposed earlier
NEW DELHI, JULY 2013: The Government will include only 48 antibiotics in the proposed Schedule H1, instead of 91 antibiotics as planned in the original proposal. The notification to include this as a separate new Schedule aimed at monitoring and regulating the sale of antibiotics in the country is expected soon. According to the new proposal, cleared by the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), the Schedule H1 will have only third, fourth generation and carbapenum class of antibiotics. Health ministry to set up expert panel for banning plastic bottles in pharma packaging
MUMBAI, JULY 2013: The union health ministry will soon constitute an expert committee for examination and generation of scientific opinion on the issue of banning of packaging of pharmaceutical products in Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles and plastic bottles due to public health and environmental hazard. The issue of banning of PET and plastic bottles for packaging of pharmaceutical products was taken up by the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) in its meeting held on May 16 this year. Government mulling ban on sale of TB drugs in open market
NEW DELHI,JULY 2013: Sale of tuberculosis drugs could be prohibited in open market as part of efforts to ensure calibrated and monitored administration of these medicines which would then only be given on daily basis free of cost by government registered outlets to patients. The Health Ministry is proposing changes in view of irregularity in administration of these drugs to patients and lack of proper monitoring which is hindering efforts to check the disease, sources told PTI.  Spain police seize illegal Chinese medicine
MADRZID, JULY, 2013: Spanish police said today they had seized hundreds of thousands of packets of unlicensed medicine illegally imported from China , including erection aids and slimming products. The Civil Guard "seized more than 250,000 units of illegal medicine, mostly related to erectile dysfunction, slimming and abortion practices," it said in a statement. US FDA Cracks Down on Illegal Pharmacy Websites
MARYLAND, 2013: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and international regulators shut down 1,677 illegal online pharmacy websites this week, and seized more than $41 million worth of illegal medicine worldwide, according to a statement by the FDA. The authorities seized the offending websites, and posted messages on them warning visitors about the websites' alleged illegal activities, and the potential harms of buying counterfeit drugs. Nigerian texters to take on fake drugs
"With the crackdown on illegal narcotics, drug barons have redirected their resources to manufacturing counterfeit medical products because it is more lucrative and less risky," says Dr Paul Orhii, the director general of Nafdac. Comprehensive surveys have not been carried out for some years, but a report by the World Health Organization in 2011 suggested the war is far from won. It said more than two-thirds of malaria medicine in Nigeria was fake or substandard.  Government to review suspension of 3 drugs
NEW DELHI, JULY 2013: The Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB), the government’s top advisory body on medicines, is likely to meet on July 19 to review the recent suspension of manufacturing and selling of three widely prescribed medicines – anti-diabetes Pioglitazone, painkiller Analgin and anti-depressant Deanxit – in India. The industry, which has strongly opposed the suspension, is also expected to make a representation in the meeting, producing scientific as well as clinical data in support of the suspended medicines.  “Human rights aren’t just about violence and terrorism. Unsafe drugs too fall into the category. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has described the manufacture, distribution and sale of unsafe drugs and medical devices as a violation of human rights.” We welcome your valuable contributions and news articles . Please feel free to write to THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF at
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