Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI:
Directorate Of Food & Drugs Administration has issued an advisory notice that the Central Government in the exercise of powers conferred under Section 26A under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 has prohibited the manufacture sale, sale or distribution for human use of 156 drug Fixed-Dose Combination (FDC’s).
This prohibition has been imposed pursuant to the recommendation of the Expert Committee and Drugs Technical Advisory Board for the reason that these FDCs have no therapeutic justification. In view of the above, all the drug retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, Government Hospitals / District Hospitals/ UHC / CHC / PHC / Dispensaries under the Directorate of Health Services, Goa Medical College & Hospital, Goa Nursing Homes / Hospitals, Goa Medical Council / IMA as well as the Registered Medical Practitioners across the State are hereby informed to take note of the above ban on FDC’s.
The list of banned FDCs is uploaded on www.goa.gov.in.
All the RMPs / Doctors / Physicians are advised to ensure that no prescriptions are issued for these drugs in larger patient safety interests and all the retailers/wholesalers are advised to exercise extreme care and caution; not to dispense/distribute these banned drugs.
Drugs retailers, wholesalers, hospitals, Dispensaries, and clinics are advised to identify these drugs at their premises remove the same from their shelves and return back to their respective suppliers under intimation to this Directorate.
Any deviation or non-compliance with the above-banned drugs notification shall attract severe penal action under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
