Union Health Ministry allows import of Oxytocin API to manufacture drugs exclusively for export
New Delhi: Through a recent gazette notification, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has allowed the import of oxytocin as an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) for manufacturing exclusively for the purpose of export.
Oxytocin is a recombinant hormone used to induce or strengthen uterine contractions in pregnant women to aid in labor and delivery or to control postpartum bleeding.
Oxytocin plays a vital role in labour and delivery. The hormone is produced in the hypothalamus and is secreted from the paraventricular nucleus to the posterior pituitary where it is stored. It is then released in pulses during childbirth to induce uterine contractions.
Earlier, the Medical Dialogues Team had reported that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had restricted the manufacture of oxytocin formulations for domestic use to the public sector only from 1st July 2018. It had also banned the import of oxytocin and its formulations.
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It was reported that from 1st July 2018, no private manufacturer will be allowed to manufacture the drug for domestic use. Only Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (KAPL), a public sector company, would be manufacturing this drug for domestic use from that date.
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