INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The health ministry has banned 328 fixed-dose combination or FDC drugsNew Delhi: Painkiller Saridon and skin cream
Panderm are among 328 fixed-dose combination or FDC drugs banned by the government to stop their "irrational use"
The health ministry says the ingredients in these medicines do not markedly add to the benefits that people can get from taking them
The order immediately bans the manufacture, marketing and sale of several common cough syrups, painkillers, and cold and flu drugs
The country's drug advisory body, the Drug Technical Advisory Board or DTAB, has said there is no therapeutic justification for the
ingredients in these drugs and they must be banned in public interest
