Macleods Pharma proposes chewable Faviparavir, gets rejected by CDSCO panel
New Delhi: In a major setback to Mumbai-based drugmaker Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) functional under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has rejected the drugmaker's proposal to manufacture chewable tablets of the drug Favipiravir for Covid-19 patients.
This came during a meeting held on 6 November, wherein, the drugmaker's proposal for manufacturing and marketing Favipiravir Chewable Tablets 800 mg/1800 mg was taken up by the expert panel.
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) which is responsible for advising the Drug Controller General of India on applications seeking approvals for new drugs, vaccines, and clinical trials found that the justification submitted by Macleods Pharma to manufacture and market chewable Favipiravir tablets was "inadequate".
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