Madhya Pradesh issues licence for production of Amphotericin-B

BHOPAL

: The

Madhya

Pradesh government has issued a licence to a Jabalpur-based company to manufacture

Amphotericin-B

, a key antifungal drug used in the treatment of black fungus or mucormycosis, an official said.


The Food and Drug Controller of Madhya Pradesh issued the licence to Revacure Lifesciences, a private sector company in Umaria-Dungaria industrial area of Jabalpur district, on May 31, which is valid till December 22 this year, a government release said. The government said this is the second company in the state to be given the licence for Amphotericin-B production.