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Table 5 Number, sales volume (in million SUs) and proportion (%) of the systemic antibiotic FDC formulations banned as a result of the second initiative

From: Regulatory enforcement of the marketing of fixed-dose combinations in India: a case study of systemic antibiotics

Formulations

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Banned in 2016

No.

68

68

59

60

57

52

37

 
 

11.4%

11.8%

11.1%

11.4%

11.2%

10.7%

8.8%

 

Vol

345.2

365.1

382.3

271.9

229.6

195.8

25.6

 
 

6.5%

6.6%

6.5%

4.9%

4.4%

3.9%

0.5%

 

Banned in 2017

No.

 

2

2

3

3

3

3

2

  

0.3%

0.4%

0.6%

0.6%

0.6%

0.7%

0.5%

Vol

 

5.4

5.6

5.8

3.9

3.3

0.8

 < 0.1

  

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

 < 0.1%

 < 0.1%

Banned in 2018

No.

  

52

53

51

47

36

31

   

9.8%

10.1%

10.0%

9.7%

8.6%

7.8%

Vol

  

382.0

272.7

228.7

195.6

23.8

5.9

   

6.5%

4.9%

4.4%

3.9%

0.5%

0.1%

  1. Volumes are expressed in millions because the number of banned formulations was low