64 % antibiotics sold in India unapproved
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Feb 05, 2018, 06:10 PM
Mumbai Feb 5: A recent study UK agency has found out some facts regarding antibiotics sold in India. The Study has said that "Multinational companies continue to produce and sell unregulated antibiotics in India."
The report was published by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and Newcastle University has said that " millions of antibiotic pills in the Indian market have not been regulated in India, the UK or US."The research was published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
The report has added that "118 different formulations of fixed dose combination (FDC) antibiotics being sold in India between 2007 and 2012, 64% were not approved by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), even though sale or supply of unapproved new medicines in India is illegal."