Wednesday 13 May 2015

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[www.keralites.net] How safe are the medicines you are taking? Study finds some can be life threatening

 

How safe are the medicines you are taking? Study finds some can be life threatening


Just 60 of the 175 pain, depression, anti-psychotic and diabetes FDC formulations sold in India between 2007 and 2012 had approval from the central government drugs regulator, says a study.
May 13, 2015 11:38 IST
Almost two-thirds of the drug combinations widely sold in India to fight pain, depression, and psychotic conditions lack the necessary regulatory approvals, despite some of the pills being banned internationally, a study published on Tuesday shows.
India's reputation as a reliable supplier of cheap generic medicines has taken a hit after sanctions by the United States and Britain faced by some of its largest drugmakers over violations of standard drug-making practices.
Thousands of fixed-dose combination drugs (FDCs), or cocktails of two or more medicines, are sold in India.
While many are safe and effective, including those used to treat HIV and tuberculosis, others have been found unsafe and even dangerous, said the researchers who ran the study.
"Unapproved formulations should be banned immediately, prioritizing those withdrawn or banned internationally, and undertaking a review of benefits and risks for patients," the researchers said.
Just 60 of the 175 pain, depression, anti-psychotic and diabetes FDC formulations sold in India between 2007 and 2012 had approval from the central government drugs regulator, they found.
 
Also unapproved were 90 of the 124 painkiller combinations evaluated.
The study results were published in the Public Library of Science journal, PLOS Medicine.
FDC formulations marketed in India despite being withdrawn or restricted internationally include painkillers such as nimesulide, thiocolchicoside, dextropropoxyphene and metamizole, the study said.
Both domestic and international drug companies sell FDCs in India.
Indian law requires central government regulatory approval of all new drugs, including FDCs, but many FDCs have come to market on the basis of approval from individual state regulators, a parliamentary panel said in 2012.
Although the panel cited "ambiguity" about the states' licensing powers until May 2002, the researchers said they found no evidence of that.
India has legally required central government regulators' approval of all new drugs, including FDCs, since 1961.
FDCs made up a growing volume of total sales during the period studied, accounting for more than half of all pain and oral anti-diabetic drug sales by 2011-2012.

 
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[www.keralites.net] Even Pakistan sells petrol cheaper than India, shocked?

 

Even Pakistan sells petrol cheaper than India, shocked?



 
Petrol in India costs more than neighbouring Pakistan and Sri Lanka but is cheaper than Bangladesh and Nepal, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday.
Petrol price of Rs 63.16 per litre in Delhi is more than Rs 44.05 per litre rate of the fuel in Pakistan and Rs 54.75 in Sri Lanka.
However, it is cheaper than Rs 76.97 per litre price in Bangladesh and Rs 68.13 a litre in Nepal. Diesel at Rs 49.57 per litre in Delhi is however cheaper than all neighbouring nations except Sri Lanka, where it costs Rs 44.29 for a litre, he said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
A litre of diesel in Pakistan costs Rs 51.15, Rs 54.27 in Bangladesh and Rs 54.27 in Nepal.
Nepal sources all its auto fuel needs from India. India had on four occasions between November 2014 and January 2015 raised excise duty on petrol and diesel to take away gains coming by way of global oil prices dipping to six-year low.
Cumulatively, excise duty on petrol was hiked by Rs 7.75 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 6.50 a litre.
 
Post these duty hikes, retail price of petrol in Delhi should have been Rs 55.41 a litre and diesel Rs 43.07 per litre. Pradhan said a year ago, petrol in Delhi was second cheapest in South Asia.
Petrol price of Rs 71.41 a litre at Delhi was cheaper than Bangladesh (Rs 74.43), Sri Lanka (Rs 74.92) and Nepal (Rs 83.61) but costlier than Rs 66.17 a litre price in Pakistan.
Similarly, diesel price of Rs 55.49 on May 1, 2014 was cheaper than Rs 71.27 in Pakistan, Rs 56.17 in Sri Lanka and Rs 65.84 in Nepal.
It was however costlier than Rs 52.55 per litre rate prevalent at that time in Bangladesh.

 
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