The drugs included under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act are as follows:
All medicines for external or internal use of animals or human beings and all substances intended to be used for or in the treatment, diagnosis, prevention, or of any disease or disorder in animals or human beings, including preparations applied on the human body for repelling insects like mosquitoes.
Substances (other than food) intended to affect the function or structure of the human body or intended to be used to destroy insects that cause disease in human beings or animals, as may be specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette.
All substances intended for use as components of a drug, including empty gelatin capsules.
Such devices intended for external or internal use in the treatment, diagnosis, prevention, or mitigation of disorder or disease in animals or human beings, as may be specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette.