Five new companies get approval to boost fungus drug output SECTIONS Share Synopsis It is understood that the health ministry’s expert committee which advises Drugs Controller General, recommended approval to Natco Pharma, Alembic, Emcure, Gufic and Lyka, subject to certain conditions. ThinkStock Photos (This story originally appeared in on May 21, 2021)In a bid to ramp up production of anti-fungal Amphotericin B, India’s drug regulator on Thursday approved five new companies to manufacture the life-saving injection being used in treatment of Mucormycosis. This comes close on the heels of the government urging states to declare Mucormycosis, also known as ‘black fungus’, as an epidemic under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. It is understood that the health ministry’s expert committee which advises Drugs Controller General, recommended approval to