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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452 | Chlorhexidine Gluconate 0.3% V/V + Cetrimide 0.6% W/V | 100 Ml | 12.11 | 30.4 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
453 | Mouth Ulcer Gel (Choline Salicylate Sodium 9% W/V, Benzalkonium Chloride 0.01% W/W) | 10 Gm | 12.44 | 55 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
454 | Mometasone Furoate 0.1 % W/W | 15 Gm | 14.47 | 128.16 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
455 | Triamcinolone Acetonide 0.1 % Mouth Ulcer Gel | 10 Gm | 21.26 | 84.75 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
456 | Clotrimazole 100 mg Vaginal Tab | 10's | 11.93 | 93.4 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
457 | Clotrimazole 1% W/W, Beclometasone Dropionate0.025% W/W 15 ml Lotion | 15ml Lotion In Bottle | 10.67 | 69.98 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
458 | Clotrimazole 1% W/W,Beclometasone Dropionate 0.025% W/W Cream 15 gm Tube | 15 Gm Cream | 10.28 | 54.62 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
459 | Bacitracin Zinc 250 Iu Neomycin 5 mg, Sulphacetamide Sodium 60 mg Per 1gm Powder | 10 Gm Powder | 20 | 40.65 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
460 | Ketoconazole Cream 2%W/W | 15gm Tube | 16.58 | 93.33 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
461 | Permethrin Cream 5% W/W | 30 Gm | 26.66 | 48.6 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
462 | Povidone Iodine 10 % Solution | 500ml Botls | 127.2 | 490 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
463 | Povidone Iodine 5 % Solution | 500ml Botls | 78.5 | 165 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
464 | Povidone Iodine 7.5% Solution | 500ml Botls. | 105.44 | 365 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
465 | Povidone lodine 5% Solution 100 ml | 100ml Botls. | 16.5 | 34.65 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
466 | Povidone-Iodine 10% medicated paint | 50 Ml | 24.5 | 51.45 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
467 | Clotrimazole 1% 100 gm powder | 100 Gm Powder | 45.3 | 94 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
468 | Betamethasone 0.05% W/W + Salicylic Acid 3% W/W | 20 Gm | 17.87 | 76.18 | Drugs acting on Skin (Topical/local Application) |
469 | Sildenafil Tablets 50 mg | 4's | 7.72 | 124.23 | Drugs acting on Respiratory tractDrugs acting on Urogenital organs |
470 | Sildenafil Tablets 100 mg | 4's | 9.61 | 170 | Drugs acting on Respiratory tractDrugs acting on Urogenital organs |
471 | Tadalafil Tablets 20 mg | 4's | 7.63 | 209.43 | Drugs acting on Respiratory tractDrugs acting on Urogenital organs |
472 | Tamsulosin 0.4 mg + Dutasteride 0.5 mg Tablets | 15's | 14.25 | 125 | Drugs acting on Respiratory tractDrugs acting on Urogenital organs |
473 | Nitrofurantoin Tablets 100 mg | 10's | 15.28 | 67.1 | Drugs acting on Respiratory tractDrugs acting on Urogenital organs |
474 | Disodium hydrogen Citrate (Alkalyser) 1.4 mg / 5ml Syrup | 100ml Bottl | 7.91 | 15.82 | Drugs acting on Respiratory tractDrugs acting on Urogenital organs |
475 | Glibenclamide 2.5 mg Tabs | 10's | 2.6 | 5.2 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
476 | Glibenclamide 5 mg Tabs | 10's | 4.05 | 10.3 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
477 | Gliclazide 40 mg Tabs | 10's | 11.93 | 34.24 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
478 | Gliclazide 80 mg Tabs | 10's | 20.25 | 48.22 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
479 | Glimeperide 1mg Tab | 10's | 3.8 | 33.3 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
480 | Glimeperide 2 mg Tabs | 10's | 5.05 | 52.9 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
481 | Glipizide 5 mg Tablets | 10's | 2.5 | Drugs used in Diabetes | |
482 | Metformin Hydrochloride Sustain Release Tablets 1000 mg | 10's | 11.05 | 33.8 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
483 | Metformin Hydrochloride 500mg Tabs | 10's | 5.15 | 13.9 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
484 | Pioglitazone 15 mg Tabs | 10's | 6.75 | 38.36 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
485 | Pioglitazone Tablets I.P. strength 30 mg | 10's | 10.69 | 81.21 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
486 | Metformin (SR) 500 mg + Pioglitazone 15 mg Tablets | 10's | 13.97 | 49.19 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
487 | Biphasic Isophane Insulin Injection 4O iu /ml (50:50) | 10 Ml Vial | 67 | 133.4 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
488 | Insulin Glargine 100 IU Injections | Cartridge/vial 3ml | 249.3 | 471.25 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
489 | Glimepiride 2 mg + Metformin Hydrochloride 500 mg Sr Tablets | 10's | 17.78 | 60.44 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
490 | Gliclazide 80 mg + Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets 500 mg | 10's | 32.06 | 64.8 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
491 | Voglibose Tablets 0.3 mg | 10's | 9.92 | 58.4 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
492 | Gliclazide Tabs/Caps Sr 60 mg | 10's | 37.62 | 104.66 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
493 | Acarbose Tablets 50 mg | 10's | 55.9 | 112.06 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
494 | Voglibose Tablets 0.2 mg | 10's | 9.61 | 44.13 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
495 | Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets Prolong Release 500 mg | 10's | 8.85 | 17.7 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
496 | Glibenclamide 5 mg + MetforminHcl 500 mg tab | 10's | 10.34 | 29.91 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
497 | Glimepiride 3 mg tablet | 10's | 3.78 | 62.33 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
498 | Glimepiride 4 mg tablet | 10's | 4.37 | 72.6 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
499 | Metformin 1000mg SR + Glimepiride 2 mg Tablet | 10's | 18.23 | 82.73 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
500 | Glimepiride 1mg Metformin 500mg Tablts. | 10's | 6.73 | 53.56 | Drugs used in Diabetes |
501 | Glimepiride 2 mg, Metformin Hydrochloride 1g Tablets | 10's | 29.7 | 87.74 | Drugs used in Diabetes |