⚠️ Flagged Medicines & Safety Corner

💊 Drug🎯 Indication🧪 Issue

• Paracetamol tablets (IP 500 mg)
• Pan D (anti-acid)
• Shelcal (calcium + vitamin D3 supplement)
• Glimepiride (anti-diabetic)
• Telmisartan (for high blood pressure)
• Cepodem XP 50 Dry Suspension (used for infections in children)

These medicines were found to be either spurious, substandard, or misbranded, raising serious safety concerns. Some batches were reportedly manufactured by companies like Hetero Drugs, Alkem Laboratories, and HAL, though investigations are ongoing to confirm authenticity.

🧪 What This Means for Pharmacovigilance

• Increased scrutiny on post-market surveillance and batch-level testing.
• Heightened responsibility for healthcare professionals to report adverse events and verify product authenticity.
• Training programs may need to emphasize NSQ alerts and regulatory response protocols.

You can explore the full alert list on the CDSCO’s official Latest Alerts page.https://cdsco.gov.in/opencms/opencms/en/Latest-Alerts