From the Patron’s Desk

All the drug formulations are meant for prevention of ailments and diseases but few of them are lifesaving and essential and rests are substitutes for each other. When serious problems occur in health care there is always a "knee-jerk" response by many to impose a ban and thus provide an immediate and definitive response to the issue. Every year due to certain reasons the drugs are prohibited for manufacture and sale through gazette notifications under section 26A of drugs&cosmetics act 1940 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and that trend followed in the present year 2016, also. The Health Ministry banned 344 fixed drug combinations through a gazette notification issued over the weekend.