@TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 Follow us on: Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 11 SPORTS 15 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL EXPOSING A REPRESSIVE INDIA-US FIRST 2+2 DIALOGUE: DEFINING SARDAR SINGH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CAMPAIGN IN XINJIANG MOMENT FOR BOTH COUNTRIES, SAYS MATTIS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 247 LUCKNOW, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable HAPPY THAT I TOLD THE TRUTH:} LEONE} 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com 328 fixed dose blend drugs banned India accounts Combinations involve risk to patients; 6K brands worth `2,500 cr market size to vanish for 37% women PNS n NEW DELHI known as FDCs, are unjustified the Central Drugs Standard as far as their therapeutic Control Organisation iting safety concerns, the potential is concerned. (CDSCO) had, by various acts CUnion Health Ministry on DTAB said these combi- of omission and commission, suicides globally Wednesday announced ban on nations may lead to overuse. failed to restrict the number of manufacturing, sale or distrib- According to the technical irrational FDCs. Killing oneself biggest marriage, young motherhood, ution of 328 Fixed Dose body, there is no need to expose A glaring omission point- low social status, domestic vio- Combinations (FDCs) drugs the patients to that many ingre- ed out was that many FDCs cause of death in 15-39 lence, and economic depen- with immediate effect. This dients when one will do the were being marketed after age group in country dence. includes brands like Piramal’s work. receiving approval from State In what should come as a Saridon, Macleods Pharma’s The notification stated, regulatory agencies, whereas wakeup call for the health Panderm Plus cream “Hence in the larger public marketing approval can only be ARCHANA JYOTI n NEW DELHI authorities, the report said sui- and Alkem Laboratories’ interest, it is necessary to pro- provided by the CDSCO. cide ranked first in India as the Taxim AZ. hibit the manufacture, sale or Amit Sengupta, national he number of suicides has cause of death compared to its The Ministry has also p Market players pointed out that the banned combinations on the list distribution of this FDC…any convener of Jan Swasthya Trisen in India over the third rank globally in the 15-39 restricted the manufacture, sale belong to several therapeutic areas like cough and cold syrups, kind of regulation or restriction Abhiyan, said that inappropri- years, but the trend of killing age group. At least 63 per cent or distribution of six FDC gastrointestinal and anti-infective formulations, and dermatological to allow for any use in patients ate use of FDC medicines poses oneself is alarmingly higher of all suicide deaths reported in drugs subject to certain condi- medicines is not justifiable.” a major threat to public health. among Indian women. India India were in this age group. tions. The ban follows recom- p According to the notifications, the Ministry also plans to clamp down on According to the notifica- The combinations can lead to accounts for at least 37 per cent Dandona said there was an mendations from its technical the manufacture, sale and distribution of six FDCs, two of which are tions, the Ministry also plans to additional toxicity, limit choice of global suicide deaths among increase of 40 per cent in the advisory board Drugs used in the treatment of diabetes clamp down on the manufac- of prescribing physicians, women, according to a report number of suicide deaths Technical Advisory Board ture, sale and distribution of six increase treatment cost, lead to published in the Lancet Public between 1990 and 2016, with (DTAB). medicines. had prohibited the manufac- ingredients contained in them FDCs, two of which are used in under or overdosing. In the Health journal. India also an estimated 2,30,314 deaths in FDC drugs are two or The respiratory portfolio ture for sale and distribution of and that these FDCs may the treatment of diabetes. case of antibiotics, FDC med- accounts for 24 per cent glob- 2016 indicating that “dispro- more medicines combined in a will bear the highest impact, 349 FDC drugs. However, the involve risk to human beings. The 59th report of the icines can contribute to more al suicide deaths among men portionately high suicide fixed ratio into a single dosage followed by anti-diabetic and move was challenged by the Earlier, an expert committee Parliamentary Committee on rapid development of antimi- in 2016. deaths in India are a public form. Experts allege that FDCs anti-infective drugs. affected manufacturers in High appointed by the Centre had Health and Family Welfare too crobial resistance, said the Jan The report — The Global health crisis”. are developed to escape price They also said the move Courts and the Supreme Court. made similar observations. had pointed out that in 2012 Swasthya Abhiyan convener. Burden of Disease Study 1990- The study found wide vari- control measures. means that around 6,000 med- Complying with the Considering the recom- 2016 — which was released on ations in suicide death rate Market players pointed out icine brands belonging to dif- December 2017 Supreme mendations of DTAB and the Wednesday, said the suicide across States in India. that the banned combinations ferent companies and with a Court judgment, the DTAB expert committee, the Health death rate (SDR) for women in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, on the list belong to several combined market size of examined the matter and in its Ministry, through a gazette India is 15 every one lakh Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, therapeutic areas like cough `2,000-2,500 crore may soon report to the Centre recom- notification, banned the FDCs. SAFETY Concerns women, double than that of the West Bengal and Tripura had and cold syrups, gastrointesti- vanish from the drug market in mended prohibition of the The ban has been called for global suicide rate for women high suicide death rates for nal and anti-infective formu- the country. FDCs saying there was no by DTAB since the 328 com- * FDCs are two or more drugs combined in a fixed ratio into a single in 2016, which was 7 every one both men and women, in addi- lations, and dermatological The Centre in March 2016 therapeutic justification for the bination of medicines, also dosage form lakh women. tion to Kerala and * The ban follows recommendations from Drugs Technical Advisory Contrary to the popular Chhattisgarh, which had high CAPSULE Board belief, marriage was found to suicide death rates for men. * The Centre in March 2016 had prohibited the manufacture for sale be less protective against sui- “The trends in SDR in and distribution of 349 FDCs cide as married women women in this study suggest DELHI POLICE HEAD account for the high proportion the need to further assess the Govt takes steps to cut * CONSTABLE SHOT DEAD The DTAB recommended prohibition of the FDCs saying there was of suicide deaths in India, the complex relationships between New Delhi: A Delhi Police head no therapeutic justification for the ingredients contained in them and study stated. The reason cited gender and suicidal behaviour constable was shot dead by that these FDCs may involve risk to human beings by author of the study, to facilitate women-specific unidentified men in southeast * According to the technical body, there is no need to expose the Professor Rakhi Dandona from suicide prevention strategies,” Delhi’s Jaitpur area, police burden on petrol, diesel patients to that many ingredients when one will do the work Public Health Foundation of Dandona said. said on Wednesday. India, are arranged and early Continued on Page 7 6 WORKERS KILLED IN Ethanol production UP FACTORY BLAST to be incentivised; Bijnor: Six labourers died while two others sustained serious electrification of injuries in an explosion in a Jaitley trashes Mallya meeting claim boiler of a petro-chemical factory 100% rail tracks here on Wednesday. P5 “extremely serious” allegations. 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