JAN AUSHADHI SCHEME : Brief Introduction
Even today, a large number of Indian population still has to buy costlier, branded medicines. Generic medicines are an affordable and cost affective alternative to the branded medicines. Low-priced generic medicines are tested as per the Indian pharmacopoeial guidelines.
The access to low-priced generic drugs is very critical in ensuring health care at affordable prices. Ensuring availability of quality medicines at affordable prices to all has been the key objective of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India. The JAN AUSHADHI SCHEME, launched in 2008, envisages key initiative of opening of dedicated outlets i.e. 'Jan Aushadhi Stores' where high quality generic medicines would be sold at low prices. Such medicines would be equivalent in potency and efficacy to expensive branded drugs.
"In nutshell, quality and performance wise, the variation between established drug brand names and generics is about the same as the variation between the much saught after brands. "There will always be a slight, but not medically important, level of natural variability - just as there is for one batch of brand name drug compared to the next batch of brand name product"
--cited from the FDA notes.
There is dire necessity of propagating advocacy and awareness program about the lower priced generic medicines- their quality and therapeutic equivalence to branded medicines, to instill confidence in the minds of patients and physicians about the quality and efficacy of such drugs and also to propagate that patient ask their doctors to prescribe generic medicines
Mission Objective...
"Making quality medicines available at affordable prices for all, particularly the poor and disadvantaged through exclusive outlets of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra so as to reduce and redefine the unit cost of treatment per person."So far, there are currently 2948 Jan Aushadhi Stores (PMBJKs) have been opened across covering 695 districts or city locations in 33 states of India, where high quality generic medicines and other medical products are available at very affordable prices. [Check for : Jan Aushadhi Stores ].
S.No. | Generic Salt/Item | Unit/Size/Packing | Jan Aushadhi Price(BPPI MRP) | Average MRP of top 3 leading brands | Therapeutic Group |
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1 | Aceclofenac + Paracetamol (100 mg + 325 mg) Tablets | 10's | 5.7 | 23.1 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
2 | Aceclofenac 100 mg Tablets | 10's | 3.84 | 32.5 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
3 | Diclofenac 50 mg+ paracetamol 325 mg+ chlorzoxazone 500 mg tablets | 10's | 12.4 | 166.5 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
4 | Diclofenac Gel ( Diclofenec Diethylamine 1.16 % w/w) | 15 G | 8.22 | 30.3 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
5 | Diclofenac Sodium + Serratiopeptidase (50 mg + 10 mg) Tab | 10's | 7.02 | 103.2 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
6 | Diclofenac Sodium (SR) Tablets 100 mg | 10's | 6.12 | 33.93 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
7 | Diclofenac Sodium 50 mg Tab | 10's | 2.3 | 18.49 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
8 | Etoricoxilb 120mg Tab | 10's | 33.96 | 131.58 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
9 | Etoricoxilb 90mg Tab | 10's | 25.99 | 99.5 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
10 | Ibuprofen film coated Tablets 200mg | 10's | 1.75 | 3.5 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
11 | Ibuprofen Tablets 400mg | 15's | 4.88 | 9.75 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
12 | Nimesulide 100 mg Tab | 10's | 2.52 | 29.77 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
13 | Paracetamol + Diclofenac Sodium (325 mg + 50 mg) Tab | 10's | 4.34 | 38.29 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
14 | Serratiopeptidase Tablets 10 mg | 10's | 5.97 | 104.58 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
15 | Tramadol Hydrochloride 50 mg/ml Inj. | 2ml | 3.15 | 23.2 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
16 | Tramadol Hydrochloride 50 mg/ml Inj. | 1ml | 3.37 | 12.6 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
17 | Tramadol Hydrochloride 50 mg Tab | 10's | 4.38 | 65.62 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
18 | Allopurinol 100 mg Tabs | 10's | 6.95 | 17.6 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
19 | Tranexamic Acid 500 mg+ Mefenamic Acid 250 mg Tablets | 10's | 78.09 | 235.23 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
20 | Paracetamol 325 mg+ Tramadol 37.5 mg Tablets | 10's | 7.41 | 74.38 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
21 | Paracetamol Tablets 650 mg | 15's | 8.03 | 25.65 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
22 | Aceclofenac 100 mg + Paracetamoln325 Mg + Serratiopeptidase 15 mg Tablets | 10's | 7.96 | 58.5 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
23 | Piroxicam Capsules 20 mg | 10's | 7.32 | 45.99 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
24 | Mefenamic Acid Suspension 100 mg/5ml | 60 Ml | 14.92 | 28.8 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
25 | Aceclofenac Tablets Sr/Cr 200 mg | 10's | 10.75 | 47.56 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
26 | Thiocolchicoside 4 mg+ Aceclofenac 100 mg Tablets | 10's | 36.67 | 148 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
27 | Baclofen Tablets 10 Mg | 10's | 12.05 | 95.6 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
28 | ketorolac tablets dt 10 mg | 10's | 7.65 | 40.85 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
29 | Mefenamic acid 500 mg + paracetamol 325 mg tablets | 10's | 11.45 | 30 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
30 | Tramadol tablets sr 100 mg | 10's | 28.4 | 182.5(for Ir) | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
31 | Diclofenac Potassium 50 mg + Paracetamol 325 mg + Serratiopeptidase 10 mg | 10's | 9.22 | 83.78 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
32 | Aceclofenac 100 mg + Paracetamol 325 mg + Chorzoxazone 250 mg film coated tab. | 10's | 11.64 | 67.41 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
33 | Nimesulide 1% W/W Gel | 20gm Tablets | 12.42 | 73.63 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
34 | Dicyclomine 10mg + Mefenamic 250 mg | 10's | 6.09 | 33 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
35 | Paracetamol I.P. 125 mg: | 15ml | 7.76 | 27.06 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
36 | Diacerein 50 mg +Methylsulphonylmethane 250 mg + Glucosamine sulphate 750mg tab. | 10's | 38.81 | 139.66 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
37 | Diacerein 50 mg + Glucosamine Sulphate 500 mg | 10's | 4.93 | 170.04 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
38 | Piroxicam 20 mg btablets | 10's | 4.6 | 86.5 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
39 | Piroxicam 20 mg with bezyl alcohol injection | 1ml | 4.74 | 13.03 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
40 | Piroxicam 40 mg with bezyl alcohol injection | 2ml | 5.69 | 37.83 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
41 | Paracetamol DS syrup /250 mg | 60ml | 10.19 | 41.8 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
42 | Acetyl Salicylic Acid (Aspirin) Tablet 325 mg | 14's | 5.11 | 10.22 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
43 | Diacerein Capsules 50 mg | 10's | 36.11 | 82.76 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
44 | Diclofenac Sodium 25 mg per ml Inj. IP | 3 Ml | 2.03 | 4.25 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
45 | Paracetamol 125 mg / 5 ml Syrup IP | 60ml Bottles | 9.3 | 19.53 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
46 | Paracetamol 500 mg Tab IP | 10's | 4.15 | 8.72 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
47 | Drotaverine HCl 80 mg, Mefenamic Acid 250 mg Tablets | 10's | 15.27 | 74.49 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
48 | Drotaverine HCl Tablets 40 mg | 10's | 6.79 | 37.88 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
49 | Febuxostat Tablets 40 mg | 10's | 16.6 | 90.66 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
50 | Febuxostat Tablets 80 mg | 10's | 37.67 | 150.83 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |