Government to supply 500 low-cost Jan Aushadhi Drugs in local stores from July
The economic times reports that, you may be able to buy nearly 500 low-cost drugs supplied by the government at your neighbourhood pharmacy from July under Jan Aushadhi brand if a plan proposed by an expert panel is implemented.
The drugs are likely to cost 50-95 per cent less than their private branded counterparts, members of the expert committee told ET, adding that the medicines selected under the scheme span six therapeutic categories including cardiovascular, diabetes, respiratory and antibiotics.
Under this proposal, the government plans to start procuring from private players to resuscitate the fledgling Jan Aushadhi scheme which operates through a chain of brick-and-mortar stores and is completely dependent on the handful of public sector units for drug supply that makes it vulnerable to frequent stock-outs.
Under this proposal, the government plans to start procuring from private players to resuscitate the fledgling Jan Aushadhi scheme which operates through a chain of brick-and-mortar stores and is completely dependent on the handful of public sector units for drug supply that makes it vulnerable to frequent stock-outs.
A limited portfolio of medicines coupled with chronic stock-outs has seriously eroded the credibility of these stores as customers desire a one-stop shop for all prescribed drugs, the consultancy found. A study found the mean availability of drugs at these stores stood at only 33 per cent. The department of pharmaceuticals, the nodal ministry for implementation of the scheme, has reached out to the doctors urging them to prescribe generic drugs. It recently held meetings with the Indian Medical Association, a grouping of over two lakh doctors spread across the country and Medical Council of India, the statutory body which maintains a register of all qualified and practising doctors in the country, to boost generic prescriptions.
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