What is a Bulk Drug?
Bulk drug
“Bulk drug” means any pharmaceutical, chemical, biological or plant product including its salts, esters, stereo-isomers and derivatives, conforming to pharmacopoeial or other standards specified in the Second Schedule to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940), and which is used as such or as an ingredient in any formulation.
formulation:
“Formulation” means a medicine processed out of or containing without the use of anyone or more bulk drug or drugs with or pharmaceutical aids, for internal or external use for or in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease in human beings or and, but shall not include –
- (i) any medicine included in any bona fide Ayurvedic (including Sidha)or Unani (Tibb) systems of medicines.
- (ii) any medicine included in the Homeopathic system of medicine; and
- (iii) any substance to which the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940) do not apply;
1. SULPHAMETHOXAZOLE
2. PENICILLINS
3. TETRACYCLINE
4. RIFAMPICIN
5. STREPTOMYCIN
6. RANITIDINE
7. VITAMIN C
8. BETAMETHASONE
9. METRONIDAZOLE
10. CHLOROQUINE
11. INSULIN
12. ERYTHROMYCIN
13. VITAMIN A
14. OXYTETRACYCLINE
15. PREDNISOLONE
16. CEPHAZOLIN
17. METHYLDOPA
18. ASPIRIN
19. TRIMETHOPRIM
20. CLOXACILLIN
21. SULPHADIMIDINE
22. SALBUTAMOL
23. FAMOTIDINE
24. IBUPROFEN
25. METAMIZOL (ANALGIN)
26. DOXYCYCLINE
27. CIPROFLOXACIN
28. CEFOTAXIME
29. DEXAMETHASONE
30. EPHEDRINE
31. VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE)
32. CARBAMAZEPINE
33. VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN)
34. THEOPHYLLINE
35. LEVODOPA
36. TOLNAFTATE
37. VITAMIN E
38. NALIDIXIC ACID
39. GRISEOFULVIN
40. GENTAMICIN
41. DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE
42. HALOGENATED HYDROXYQUINOLINE
43. PENTAZOCINE
44. CAPTOPRIL
45. NAPROXEN
46. PYRENTAL
47. SULPHADOXINE
48. NORFLOXACIN
49. CEFADROXYL
50. PANTHONATES & PANTHENOLS
51. FURAZOLIDONE
52. PYRITHIOXINE
53. SULPHADIAZINE
54. FRAMYCETIN
55. VERAPAMIL
56. AMIKACIN SULPHATE *
57. GLIPIZIDE
58. SPIRONOLACTONE
59. PENTOXYFYLLINE
60. AMODIAQUIN
61. SULPHAMOXOLE
62. FRUSEMIDE
63. PHENIRAMINE MALEATE
64. CHLOROXYLENOLS
65. BECAMPICILLIN
66. LINCOMYCIN
67. CHLORPROPAMIDE
68. MEBHYDROLINE
69. CHLORPROMAZINE
70. METHENDIENONE
71. PHENYL BUTAZONE
72. LYNESTRANOL
73. SALAZOSULPHAPYRINE
74. DIOSMINE
75. TRIMIPRAMINE