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Lancet report on unapproved antibiotic use in India is 'misleading, inappropriate': Govt official

"Even though the authors have used the term 'unapproved' for formulations not approved by CDSCO, it is pertinent to note that these formulations were approved by state drug regulatory authorities. Therefore, the term 'unapproved' seems to be inappropriate in this case," Gupta said.
New Delhi: A Health Ministry official has dismissed as "misleading and inappropriate" a Lancet report claiming that more than 47 percent of antibiotic formulations used in India's private sector in 2019 were unapproved. Prof. Y K Gupta, a senior pharmacologist and vice chairman of the Standing National Committee on Medicines (SNCM) which prepared the National List of Essential Medicines...
New Delhi: A Health Ministry official has dismissed as "misleading and inappropriate" a Lancet report claiming that more than 47 percent of antibiotic formulations used in India's private sector in 2019 were unapproved.
Prof. Y K Gupta, a senior pharmacologist and vice chairman of the Standing National Committee on Medicines (SNCM) which prepared the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), said at a Health Ministry event on Tuesday these formulations were approved by state drug regulatory authorities.
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