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  • Government included more 88 drugs, surgical and consumables in Jan Aushadhi Scheme to make more covers over different portfolios. Till now Jan Aushadhi stores includes total 488 medicines including - Anti-allergy, Anti-infective, Anti-cancer, Antidiabetic agents, Central Nervous System disease, Cardio Vascular Agents, Eye Nose throat product, Eye disease, Gastro Intestinal Tract disease, Harmone, Non Opoidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs, Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs, Nutrient, Respiratory disease, Skin disease, Vaccine, Vitamins & Minerals, Miscellaneous etc.

  • On the basis of the recommendations of the Expert Committee and in exercise of powers conferred by Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, the Central Government banned the manufacture for sale, sale and distribution for human use of fixed dose combination of around 344 drugs.

  • The Indian drug regulators has withdrawn the alert on avastin which was imposed after off-label use of drug and recent cases of blindness. The office of DCG(I) was requested to take necessary measures to withdraw the Alert Notice issued on 21.01.2016 which was primarily issued as a precautionary measure in the light of the incidences of blindness reported in Gujarat.

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