The Centre banned the sale of Deanxit, a contested psychiatric drug approved without clinical data. But 10 years on, it continues to be sold by other companies.
Pharma firms manufacturing GlaxoSmithKline’s T-Minic Oral Drops, Glenmark’s Ascoril Flu Syrup, and IPCA Laboratories’ Solvin Cold Syrup, among others, have been asked by the regulator to insert a ‘warning’. - Govt Bans Common Cold And Flu Syrups For Kids Below 4 Yrs, Asks Pharma Companies To Insert Warnings | Check List
The the Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation recommended a precautionary measure, suggesting that the FDC should not be administered to children below 4 years