Ingredient record · Antibiotic (penicillin group)
Ampicillin: bans, restrictions and failed batches in India
Last checked 20 September 2026. Sources: CDSCO banned-drugs notifications and monthly NSQ alerts, Jan 2019 to Jul 2026
No combination containing Ampicillin is on India's banned-drugs list. 14 batches of medicines containing Ampicillin failed a government lab test between January 2020 and May 2026, from 12 manufacturers. A failed batch concerns that batch only, not the medicine or every brand.
On the banned-drugs list
Ampicillin on its own is not on CDSCO's banned list. The entries below are specific combinations that contain it. Status follows CDSCO's own notes on each entry.
No entry containing Ampicillin is on the list compiled from CDSCO's Section 26A notifications (1983 to 2026). That is not a statement that every product containing it is safe.
Products that failed lab tests
Product names as printed by the testing labs, grouped. Open a product to see every batch number.
| Product | Batches | Makers | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ampicillin | 8 | 7 | Sep 2025 |
| Ampicillin Trihydrate Bromhexine Hydrochloride | 2 | 1 | Aug 2025 |
| Ampicillin Cloxacillin Mediclox Plus Betamox Amoxycillin Lactic Acid Bacillus | 1 | 1 | May 2026 |
| Macro Ampicloxa | 1 | 1 | Jun 2025 |
| Ampicillin Sodium | 1 | 1 | Apr 2025 |
| Oyscal Ampicillin | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 |
Most recent failed batches
| Product | Batch | Manufacturer | Reason declared NSQ | Tested by | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampicillin & Cloxacillin Capsules, Mediclox- Plus (as per Front Side of The sample strips), Betamox Plus (as per back side of The sample strips) and Amoxycillin, Cloxacillin & Lactic Acid Bacillus Capsules (As per Form 18) | PBEAL001Mfg 2025-02 · Exp 2027-01 | Laborate Pharmaceuticals India LtdHimachal Pradesh | The sample does not conform to claim with respect to Identification and Assay of Ampicillin. The sample is found to contain 246.8 mg Amoxycillin per capsule however, there is no label claim for Amoxycillin in The sample. The sample is deemed to be misbranded drug vide Section 17 of Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rule thereunder.Assay | CDL, KolkataCDSCO lab | May 2026 |
| Ampicillin Injection IP 500mg | 24AP2341Mfg 2024-10 · Exp 2026-09 | Pharma Impex Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. South Uttarbhag | sample does not conform to I.P with respect to Particulate matter & Clarity Of Solution.Particulate matter | CDL, KolkataCDSCO lab | Sep 2025 |
| Ampicillin Trihydrate & Bromhexine Hydrochloride Capsules | ABC24006Mfg 2024-04 · Exp 2026-03 | Alexa PharmaceuticalsHimachal Pradesh | Assay of Ampicillin Trihydrate and Bromhexine Hydrochloride.Assay | RDTL, GuwahatiCDSCO lab | Aug 2025 |
| Ampicillin Trihydrate & Bromhexine Hydrochloride Capsules | ABC240032Mfg 2024-10 · Exp 2026-09 | Alexa PharmaceuticalsHimachal Pradesh | Assay of Bromhexine Hydrochloride and Ampicillin Trihydrate.Assay | RDTL, GuwahatiCDSCO lab | Aug 2025 |
| Macro Ampicloxa (Ampicillin & Cloxacillin Capsules) | C-20404Mfg 2024-02 · Exp 2026-01 | Jackson Laboratories Pvt. Ltd | Content of Ampicillin in Ampicillin Trihydrate and Cloxacillin in Cloxacillin SodiumOther | DTL MaduraiState lab | Jun 2025 |
| Ampicillin Sodium Injection I.P. (AMPIVEE- 500 Injection) | TGDI082319 04Mfg 2023-08 · Exp 2025-07 | T & G MedicareHimachal Pradesh | SterillityOther | RDTL GuwahatiCDSCO lab | Apr 2025 |
| Ampicillin 1G Powder for Injection 1000 mg | EXPN-24004Mfg 2024-04 · Exp 2026-03 | Unital FormulationsHimachal Pradesh | Particulate matter and Assay of Ampicillin Sodium calculated as AmpicillinAssay | RDTL ChandigarhCDSCO lab | Oct 2024 |
| Ampicillin Capsules IP 500 mg (Ampicillin-500 Capsules) | RRCF 002Mfg 2023-05 · Exp 2025-04 | Ross Robinz BiotechHimachal Pradesh | Assay of Ampicillin Trihydrate calculated as AmpicillinAssay | RDTL ChandigarhState lab | Dec 2023 |
| Ampicillin Capsules IP (ampicillin Capsules IP-250) | AMP- 22A07Mfg 2023-01 · Exp 2024-12 | Cyper PharmaHimachal Pradesh | Assay of Ampcillin Trihydrate calculated as AmpicillinAssay | RDTL ChandigarhState lab | Jul 2023 |
| Ampicillin Capsules IP | AMI-1901Mfg 2019-07 · Exp 2022-06 | Ridley Lifescience Pvt. LtdDelhi | Assay and MisbrandedAssay | RDTL GuwahatiState lab | Apr 2022 |
| Ampicillin 500 mg (Ampicillin Capsules I.P.) | 475Mfg 2020-02 · Exp 2022-01 | Super Pharma ProductsMadhya Pradesh | AssayAssay | CDTL MumbaiCDSCO lab | Jul 2021 |
| OYSCAL AMPICILLIN CAPSULES I.P. 500 mg | BPT-6611Mfg 2020-01 · Exp 2021-06 | Banson Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd | Assay of Vitamin D3Assay | RDTL GuwahatiState lab | Jun 2021 |
| AMPICILLIN CAPSULES I.P. 500 mg | AMP-19B03Mfg 2019-08 · Exp 2022-07 | Cyper PharmaHimachal Pradesh | AssayAssay | RDTL GuwahatiState lab | Jun 2021 |
| Ampicillin Capsules I.P. 250 mg | CB181217Mfg 2018-12 · Exp 2020-11 | Micron PharmaceuticalsGujarat | AssayAssay | CDTL MumbaiCDSCO lab | Jan 2020 |
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