26 drugs dropped from ‘essentials’ list, at least one over cancer-causing fears. Details here NLEM 2022: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the new list of essential medicines and also announced a price cap on commonly used drugs. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday released a revised National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), in which 384 drugs from 27 categories do not feature, including ranitidine – often taken for acidity and other stomach-related ailments and sold under brand names like Rantac, Zinetac and Aciloc, but removed now over cancer-causing…
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