Sale of 12 drugs banned

Thiruvananthapuram: The government has banned distribution and sale of a dozen medicines which were found to be lacking in quality.

An official release said here on Friday that these medicines should be recalled from the market and details submitted to district drug control offices.

The following were the name, batch number and manufacturer of the medicines:

Fixobact- 250 (cephalexin IP), b650940, Cipla Ltd, v ill, Tanda mallu, Kashipur road, Ram Nainital, Uttarakhand.

Elispirin-150 (Enteric coated Aspirin Tab. BP), ELP-130, Embiotic Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., 20C, Kumbalgodu, Industrial Area, 1st Phase, Bangalore.

Telcard 20 (Telmisartan Tab. IP), CT5457, Cosmas Pharmacles Ltd., Buranwalla Road, Village Kotla, Barotiwala P.O., Solan.

Montelukast Tab. 5mg, FX80L401, Zim Laboratories Ltd., B-21, 22,MIDC Area, Kamaleshwar, Nagpur.

Mefenamic Acid & Dicyclomine Tablets (Spamin Tablets), JDT-1728, Jpee Drugs, Plot No.53, Sector, 6A, SIDCUL, Ranipur, Haridwar (U.K).

PANGUARD-40, RB 541502, Progressive Life Sciences Pvt.Ltd., Lathedevahoon P.O., Jhabrera, Haridwar.

Cefixime Dispersible Tablet 200mg (Cefimix-200), DWT-5182, DAEIOU Pharmaceuticals India Pvt.Ltd., R.S.158, Puducherry- 605 110.

Amoxycillin & Cloxacyllin Oral Dry Syrup, DACX-042, Medipol Pharmaceuticals India Pvt.Ltd., 1199/3, BHUD, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.

Glimepiride Tablets IP, 532510, Ciron Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Pvt.Ltd., Plot No.35 to 37, 43 to 45, C1-C B, DEWAN, Aliyali, Palghar, Thane 401 404.

Glimepiride Tablets IP, 510455, Ciron Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., Plot No.35 to 37, 43 to 45, C1-C B, DEWAN, Aliyali, Palghar, Thane 401 404.

TAmpicillin Sodium Injection IP, ANIS-03,  M/s. Nestor Pharmaceuticals Ltd., 11, Western Extension Area, Faridabad -121 001.