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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51 | Mefenamic Acid 50 mg, Paracetamol 125mg/5ml Suspension | 60ml | 11 | 35.89 | Analgesic and antipyretic /Muscle relaxant |
52 | Cetrizine (5 mg/ 5 ml) Syrup | 60ml Bottles | 10.32 | 33 | Antiallergic Drugs |
53 | Cetrizine 10 mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 1.84 | 15.3 | Antiallergic Drugs |
54 | Fexofenadine 120 mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 19.81 | 74.65 | Antiallergic Drugs |
55 | Fexofenadine 180 mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 27.54 | 125.69 | Antiallergic Drugs |
56 | Levocetrizine 5 mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 2.3 | 31.75 | Antiallergic Drugs |
57 | Montelukast Sodium 5 mg Tab | 10's | 9.04 | 85.33 | Antiallergic Drugs |
58 | Montelukast Sodium 10 mg Tab | 10's | 12.73 | 136 | Antiallergic Drugs |
59 | Montelukast Sodium + Levocetrizine (10 mg + 5 mg) film coated Tablets | 10's | 12.64 | 123 | Antiallergic Drugs |
60 | Montelukast 10 mg + Fexofenadine Hcl 120 mg Tablets | 10's | 55.89 | 135.46 | Antiallergic Drugs |
61 | Loratidine Tablets 10 mg | 10's | 6.89 | 76.45 | Antiallergic Drugs |
62 | Ebastine Film Coated Tablets 10 mg | 10's | 7.16 | 62 | Antiallergic Drugs |
63 | Promethazine (Film Coated) Tablets 25 mg | 10's | 5.27 | 26.8 | Antiallergic Drugs |
64 | Cyproheptadine Tablets 4 mg | 10's | 6.7 | 17.65 | Antiallergic Drugs |
65 | Cyproheptadine 4 mg | 10's | 2.25 | 17.65 | Antiallergic Drugs |
67 | Pheniramine Tablets IP 25 mg | 15's | 2.83 | 5.65 | Antiallergic Drugs |
68 | Pheniramine Maleate I.P. 22.75 mg | 2 Ml | 1.03 | 2.16 | Antiallergic Drugs |
69 | Doxorubicin 10 mg Inj. | Vial | 76.49 | 211.06 | Anticancer Drugs |
70 | Doxorubicin 50 mg Inj. | Vial | 250.47 | 1230.17 | Anticancer Drugs |
71 | Gemcitabine 1000 mg Inj. | Vial | 631.21 | 6412.04 | Anticancer Drugs |
72 | Gemcitabine 200 mg Inj. | Vial | 154.49 | 1401.68 | Anticancer Drugs |
73 | Tamoxifen Citrate Tablets I.P. strength 10 mg | 10s | 9.56 | 23.9 | Anticancer Drugs |
74 | Tamoxifen Citrate Tablets I.P. strength 20 mg | 10s | 13.5 | 27 | Anticancer Drugs |
75 | Bicalutamide Tab 50 mg | 10's | 137.5 | 636.5 | Anticancer Drugs |
76 | Bortezomib Injection 3.5 mg | Vial | 3188 | 11411.58 (for 2 Mg) | Anticancer Drugs |
77 | Imatinib mesylate Tablets 400 mg | 10's | 497 | 2133.2 | Anticancer Drugs |
78 | Lenalidomide Capsules 10 mg | 10's | 422 | 2533.79 | Anticancer Drugs |
79 | Oxaliplatin Injections 50 mg | Vial | 430 | 3215.34 | Anticancer Drugs |
80 | Paclitaxel Injection 100 mg | Vial | 540 | 3458.2 | Anticancer Drugs |
81 | Letrozole Tablets 2.5 mg | 10's | 42.4 | 362.8 | Anticancer Drugs |
82 | Anastrozole Tablets 1 mg | 10's | 114.8 | 481.43 | Anticancer Drugs |
83 | Capecitabine Tab 500 mg | 10's | 420 | 1172.7 | Anticancer Drugs |
84 | Cisplatin Injection IP 10 mg | Vial & Wfi | 45.57 | 95.69 | Anticancer Drugs |
85 | Amikacin Sulphate 50 mg/ml inj. | 2ml Vial | 7.76 | 20 | Antiinfective Drugs |
86 | Amikacin 250 mg inj. | 2ml Vial | 11.35 | 29.98 | Antiinfective Drugs |
87 | Amikacin 250 mg/ml inj. | 2ml Vial | 17.37 | 73.33 | Antiinfective Drugs |
88 | Amoxycillin + Clavulanic acid (1000 mg+200mg) Powder for Injection | Vial With 10 Ml Wfi | 50.63 | 136.82 | Antiinfective Drugs |
89 | Amoxycillin+Clavulanic acid (200 mg+28.5 mg /5ml) Powder for suspension | 30 Ml Bottles | 25.79 | 60.3 | Antiinfective Drugs |
90 | Amoxycillin + Clavulanic acid (250 mg+50 mg) Powder for injection | Vial With 10 Ml Wfi | 20.02 | 63.51 | Antiinfective Drugs |
91 | Amoxycillin 125 mg Kid Tabs | 10's | 8.68 | 47.04 | Antiinfective Drugs |
92 | Amoxycillin 125 mg/ 5ml Powder for Suspension | 60 Ml Bottles | 14.84 | 36.6 | Antiinfective Drugs |
93 | Amoxycillin 250 mg Caps | 10's | 14.99 | 29.6 | Antiinfective Drugs |
94 | Amoxycillin 500 mg Caps | 10's | 26.25 | 65.4 | Antiinfective Drugs |
95 | Ampicillin Injections I.P. 500mg | Vial & Wfi | 7.2 | 14.4 | Antiinfective Drugs |
96 | Azithromycin 250mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 39.06 | 90.6 | Antiinfective Drugs |
97 | Azithromycin 500mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 86.6 | 178.3 | Antiinfective Drugs |
98 | Cefixime Oral Suspension 50 mg/5 ml | 30ml Bottle | 14.56 | 40.2 | Antiinfective Drugs |
99 | Cefixime 100mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 25.65 | 82.6 | Antiinfective Drugs |
100 | Cefoperazone + Sulbactam (1g + 1g) Inj. | Vial & Wfi | 52.68 | 392.43 | Antiinfective Drugs |
101 | Cefoperazone + Sulbactam (500 mg + 500 mg) Inj. | Vial & Wfi | 31.61 | 179.6 | Antiinfective Drugs |