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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152 | Linezolid Infusion 600 mg/300 ml | 300 Ml | 95.15 | 341.86 | Antiinfective Drugs |
153 | Ofloxacin Infusion 200 mg /100 ml | 100 Ml | 23.01 | 103.46 | Antiinfective Drugs |
154 | Aciclovir Intravenous Infusion 500 mg/Vial | Vial | 77.63 | 466 | Antiinfective Drugs |
155 | Ivermectin Tablets 12 mg | 10's | 6.99 | 18.25 | Antiinfective Drugs |
156 | Syrup - Cefuroxime 125 mg (as Cefuroxime Axetil USP) | 30ml | 31.05 | 129.42 | Antiinfective Drugs |
157 | Cephalexin 125 mg/5ml dry syrup | 30ml | 14.56 | 29.4 | Antiinfective Drugs |
158 | Levofloxacin 500 mg Infusion / IV | 100ml | 29.08 | 112.16 | Antiinfective Drugs |
159 | Cefpodoxime proxetil 50 mg DS dry syrup | 30ml | 22.02 | 63.83 | Antiinfective Drugs |
160 | Ofloxacin 200 mg + Ornidazole 500 mg infusion | 100 Ml | 57.04 | 140.58 | Antiinfective Drugs |
161 | Cefuroxime 125 mg tablet | 6's | 34.77 | 134.76 | Antiinfective Drugs |
162 | Clarithromycin 250 mg tablet | 10's | 69.21 | 207.2 | Antiinfective Drugs |
163 | Cefpodoxime Proxetil dispersible tablet 50 mg | 10's | 22.2 | 46 | Antiinfective Drugs |
164 | Cefuroxime Injection 1500 mg | 10 Ml | 72.47 | 216 | Antiinfective Drugs |
165 | Efavirenz Tablets 600 mg | 30's | 422.92 | 1895.7 | Antiinfective Drugs |
166 | Amoxycillin + Clavulanic acid (500 mg + 125 mg) film coated Tablets IP | 6's | 48.42 | 101.68 | Antiinfective Drugs |
167 | Amoxycillin 250 mg + Cloxacillin 250 mg Capsules | 10's | 19.49 | 38.98 | Antiinfective Drugs |
168 | Azithromycin (100 mg/ 5ml) Suspension IP | 15ml Bottl. | 12.45 | 26.15 | Antiinfective Drugs |
169 | Cefixime 200 mg film coated Tablets IP | 10's | 42.4 | 89.04 | Antiinfective Drugs |
170 | Cefotaxime Sodium 250 mg & Sulbactam Sodium 125 mg Injection | Vial & Wfi | 9.5 | 19 | Antiinfective Drugs |
171 | Cefpodoxime 200 mg film coated Tablets IP | 10's | 65.16 | 130.31 | Antiinfective Drugs |
172 | Ceftriaxone 250 mg Inj. IP | Vial & Wfi | 11.45 | 24.05 | Antiinfective Drugs |
173 | Ciprofloxacin + Tinidazole (500 mg + 600 mg) film coated Tablets | 10's | 29.49 | 58.98 | Antiinfective Drugs |
174 | Ciprofloxacin 250 mg film coated Tablets IP | 10's | 8.1 | 17.01 | Antiinfective Drugs |
175 | Ciprofloxacin 500 mg film coated Tablets IP | 10's | 16.5 | 34.65 | Antiinfective Drugs |
176 | Co-trimoxazole Tablets IP (80 mg + 400 mg) | 10's | 3.1 | 6.51 | Antiinfective Drugs |
177 | Levofloxacin 500 mg film coated Tablets IP | 10's | 31.15 | 65.42 | Antiinfective Drugs |
178 | Roxithromycin Suspension strength 50 mg/ 5ml | 30ml Bottl. | 14.58 | 29.16 | Antiinfective Drugs |
179 | Ciprofloxacin Injection IP 2mg/ml | 100 Ml | 9 | 18.9 | Antiinfective Drugs |
180 | Chloroquine Phosphate 250 mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 3.97 | 7.94 | Antiinfective Drugs |
181 | Quinine Sulphate Tablets IP 300 mg Film Coated Tablets | 10's | 25.45 | 53.45 | Antiinfective Drugs |
182 | Cefixime 200 mg + Ofloxacin 200 mg Tablets | 10's | 59.76 | 119.52 | Antiinfective Drugs |
183 | Linezolid Tablets IP 600 mg | 10's | 153.3 | 321.93 | Antiinfective Drugs |
184 | Cefpodoxime 200 mg + Clavulanic Acid 125 mg Tablets | 6's | 71.06 | 142.11 | Antiinfective Drugs |
185 | Cefixime 200 mg + Clavulanic Acid 125 mg (As pot.Clavulanate ) Tablets | 10's | 93.5 | 187 | Antiinfective Drugs |
186 | Diethylcarbamazine Tablets IP 50 mg | 30's | 7.5 | 15.75 | Antiinfective Drugs |
187 | Ethambutol Tablets IP 800 mg | 10's | 18.85 | 39.59 | Antiinfective Drugs |
188 | Moxifloxacin Tablets 400 mg | 5's | 58.78 | 123.43 | Antiinfective Drugs |
189 | Hydroxychloroquine Tablets IP 200 mg | 10's | 27.5 | 57.75 | Antiinfective Drugs |
190 | Pyrazinamide Tablets I.P 1000 mg | 10's | 47.44 | 94.87 | Antiinfective Drugs |
191 | Clindamycin Capsules IP 300 mg | 10's | 93.6 | 210.02 | Antiinfective Drugs |
192 | Amoxycillin 250 mg with Potassium Clavulanate 125 mg Tablets IP | 6's | 39.61 | 114 | Antiinfective Drugs |
193 | Frusemide Injection (10 mg/ ml) | 2 Ml | 1.54 | 5.08 | Diuretic Drugs |
194 | Frusemide 40 mg Tabs | 10's | 2.3 | 4.6 | Diuretic Drugs |
195 | Acetazolamide Tablets 250 mg | 10's | 16 | 32.6 | Diuretic Drugs |
196 | Mannitol Injection IP 20% w/v | 100 Ml | 13.5 | 28.35 | Diuretic Drugs |
197 | Spironolactone Tablets IP 25 mg | 15's | 14.18 | 29.77 | Diuretic Drugs |
198 | Alprazolam 0.25 mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 1.84 | 10.3 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
199 | Alprazolam 0.5 mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 2.97 | 21.6 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
200 | Betahistine Tablets I.P. strength 8 mg | 10s | 5.15 | 46.16 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
201 | Carbamazepine 100mg Tabs | 10's | 3.2 | 6.4 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |