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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352 | Xylometazoline 0.1 % W/V Nasal Drop | 10 Ml | 7.63 | 48.2 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
353 | Sodium Chloride 0.65% W/V Nasal Drops | 20 Ml | 8.03 | 29 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
354 | Oxymetazoline 0.5 mg /ml Nasal Drops | 10 Ml | 10.48 | 47.64 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
355 | Timolol Maeleate 0.5 % Eye Drops | 5 Ml Vial | 14.36 | 55.3 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
356 | Ofloxacin Eye Drops 0.3% W/V | 10 Ml | 9 | 30 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
357 | Olopattadine Eye Drops | 10 Ml Vial | 15.04 | 160 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
358 | Tobramycin Eye Drops | 10 Ml Vial | 11.83 | 24.81 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
359 | Sulfacetamide Eye Drop 10 % | 10 Ml | 10.67 | 24.11 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
360 | Acyclovir Eye Ointment | 5gm | 16.5 | 56.23 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
361 | Bromfenac Sodium Eye Drop 0.09% | 5ml | 28.13 | 102 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
362 | Nepafenac 0.1% W/V Eye Drop | 5ml | 45 | 165 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
363 | Ciprofloxacin 0.3% W/V Eye drops | 5ml | 3.78 | 7.93 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
364 | Sulfacetamide eye drop 20 % | 20 Ml | 25.26 | 50.51 | Drugs acting on Eye & ENT |
365 | Misoprostol 200 mcg film coated Tablets | 4's | 4.13 | 61.96 | Drugs acting on female reproductive organs |
366 | Clomiphene citrate Tablets strength 50 mg | 10s | 15.04 | 85.1 | Drugs acting on female reproductive organs |
367 | Mifepristone Tablets 200 mg | 1's | 58.67 | 383.62 | Drugs acting on female reproductive organs |
368 | Kit of Mifepristone 200 mg (1 Tablet) + Misoprostol 200 mg (4 Tablets ) | 1's | 72.47 | 480.25 | Drugs acting on female reproductive organs |
369 | Norethisterone Tablets 5 mg | 10's | 13.73 | 47.5 | Drugs acting on female reproductive organs |
370 | Oxytocin Injection IP 5 iu /ml | 1 Ml | 8.19 | 17.19 | Drugs acting on female reproductive organs |
371 | Bisacodyl 5mg Tablets | 10's | 4.02 | 9.3 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
372 | Domperidone Tablets 10 mg | 10's | 3.62 | 22.4 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
373 | Domperidone 5 mg / 5 ml Syrup | 30ml Bottls | 8.94 | 33.3 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
374 | Antacid Tablets [Dried Al (Oh) 3 + Mg (Oh) 2 + Simethicone (250 mg + 250 mg + 50 mg) | 10's/ | 3.8 | 53.39 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
375 | Ispagula Husk Powder | 200gmpack | 84 | 164 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
376 | Metoclopramide 10 mg Tabs | 10's | 3.25 | 10.8 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
377 | Metoclopramide Injections 5 mg/ml | 2 Ml | 2.25 | 4.5 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
378 | Omeprazole + Domperidone (20 mg + 10 mg) Caps | 10's | 8.49 | 67.45 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
379 | Omeprazole 20 mg Capsuls | 10's | 6.82 | 23.1 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
380 | Ondansetron Injection 2 mg/ml | 2 Ml | 3.08 | 11.14 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
381 | Ondansetron 4 mg Tabs | 10's | 2.84 | 43.8 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
382 | Pantoprazole 40 mg Enteric Coated Tablets | 10's | 7.2 | 60 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
383 | Pantoprazole 40 mg Inj. | Vial | 10.93 | 41.32 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
384 | Rabeprazole + Domperidone Sr (20 Mg + 30 mg)Caps. | 10's | 10.71 | 96.33 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
385 | Rabeprazole 20 mg Enteric Coated Tablets | 10's | 7.16 | 39.72 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
386 | Ranitidine Tablets 300 mg Film Coated | 10's | 7.1 | 23.45 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
387 | Oral Rehydration Salts Citrate 21 gm (Who Formula) Sachet | 1s | 4.85 | 14.91 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
388 | Domperidone 30 mg + Pantoprazole 40 mg Capsules [Sr] | 10's | 18.48 | 103.3 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
389 | Oxetacaine 10 mg + Aluminium 0.291 mg + Magnesium 98 mg /5 ml gel | 200 Ml | 31.67 | 116.46 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
390 | Domperidone + Esomeprazole (30/40 mg) Capsule | 10's | 19.35 | 99.62 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
391 | Levosulpiride 75 mg+ Pantoprazole 40 mg Capsule | 10's | 60.16 | 142.13 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
392 | Doxylamine Succinate 10 mg + Pyridoxine Hcl 10 mg Tablets | 30's | 17.17 | 122.65 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
393 | Sucralfate Suspension 500 mg/5ml | 200 Ml | 73.38 | 147.33 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
394 | Clidinium Bromide 2.5 mg + Chlordiazepoxide 5 mg Film Coated Tablets | 10's | 5.69 | 44.36 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
395 | Sodium Picosulphate 10 mg Tablets | 10's | 8.24 | 53.66 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
396 | Tricholine Citrate 550 mg + Sorbitol 7.15 gm Syrup/10 ml | 200 Ml | 30.57 | 87.26 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
397 | Levosulpiride 75 mg+ Esomeprazole 40 mg Capsules | 10's | 54.56 | 174.5 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
398 | Levosulpiride (Sr) 75 mg+ Rabeprazole (Ec)20 mg Capsules | 10's | 45.41 | 149 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
399 | Loperamide Capsules 2 mg | 10's | 6.16 | 33.2 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
400 | Esomeprazole Tablets 40 mg (Enteric Coated) | 10's | 14.33 | 81.66 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |
401 | Dicyclomine 10 mg + Dimethicone 40 mg /5 ml Suspension | 30 Ml | 12.13 | 29.65 | Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal-tract |