Sources and Methodology

Indian regulatory sources

CDSCO approvals and banned fixed-dose combination notifications, Schedules H, H1, X and G of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, the National List of Essential Medicines 2022, NPPA ceiling prices, and the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana product list.

International label and reference data

openFDA and DailyMed labels (US), UK dm+d, EMA medicine data, RxNorm names, PubChem and Wikidata identifiers. Each is used under its published licence.

Open product data

Product information from Open Food Facts, Open Beauty Facts and Open Products Facts is used under the Open Database License, with photos under CC BY-SA, and is credited on every page that uses it.

Prices

Where prices are shown they come from NPPA ceilings, Jan Aushadhi lists or a licensed catalogue, with the date they were taken. Prices change; check the pack and the seller.

Not used

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