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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202 | Diazepam 5 mg Tabs | 10's | 2.41 | 13.2 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
203 | Escitalopram 10 mg Tabs | 10's | 4.83 | 75.2 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
204 | Escitalopram 20 mg Tabs | 10's | 7.16 | 118.8 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
205 | Flunarzine Tablets 10 mg | 10's | 3.84 | 25.6 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
206 | Flunarzine Tablets 5 mg | 10's | 3.26 | 43.8 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
207 | Fluoxetine Hydrochloride 20 mg Caps | 10's | 5.96 | 33.8 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
208 | Methyl Ergometrine 0.125 mg Tabs | 10's | 9.06 | 76.7 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
209 | Phenytoin Tablets 100 mg | 100's In Bottle | 45.08 | 127 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
210 | Prochlorperazine 5 mg Tabs | 10's | 2.93 | 44.26 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
211 | Levetiracetam Tablets 500 mg | 10's | 55 | 109.7 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
212 | Pregabalin Tablets 75 mg | 10's | 14.66 | 95.78 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
213 | Disulfiram 500 mg | 4s | 7.34 | 67 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
214 | Escitalopram 10 mg With Clonazepam 0.5 mg | 10's | 10.09 | 102.66 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
215 | Nortrtyline Tablet 25 mg Tablet | 10's | 8.5 | 28.16 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
216 | Etizolam Tablet 0.5 mg | 10's | 8.11 | 42.2 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
217 | Adenosine Injection 3mg / ml | 2ml | 99.5 | 246.1 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
218 | Alprazolam-0.25 mg, Fluoxetinen20 mg Tablets | 10's | 7.76 | 41.87 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
219 | Amisulpride Tablets 50 mg | 10's | 26.92 | 71.04 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
220 | Citicoline Tablets 500 mg | 10's | 169.88 | 457.66 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
221 | Clonazepam Tablets 1mg | 10's | 13.2 | 39.2 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
222 | Levetiracetam Syrup 100 mg / 5ml | 100ml | 116.3 | 338 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
223 | Lorazepam Tablets 1 mg | 10's | 6.73 | 19.2 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
224 | Lorazepam Tablets 2 mg | 10's | 6.3 | 23.3 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
225 | Mirtazapine Tablets 15 mg | 10's | 22.28 | 83.33 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
226 | Olanzapine Tablets 10 mg | 10's | 17.48 | 57.2 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
227 | Olanzapine Tablets 5 mg | 10's | 8.1 | 31.1 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
228 | Oxcarbazepine Tablets 300 mg | 10's | 39 | 97.72 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
229 | Phenobarbitone Tablets 30 mg | 30's | 9 | 33.6 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
230 | Piracetam Syrup 500 mg / 5ml | 100 Ml | 42.75 | 213.27 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
231 | Piracetam Tablets 400 mg | 10's | 13.48 | 53.66 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
232 | Prochlorperazine Maleate Tablets 5 mg | 10's | 4.23 | 44.26 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
233 | Quetiapine Fumarate Tablets 200 mg | 10's | 61 | 122.66 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
234 | Quetiapine Tablets 100 mg | 10's | 33.5 | 67.66 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
235 | Risperidone Tablets 4 mg | 10's | 9.56 | 92.9 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
236 | Sertraline Tablets 50 mg | 10's | 15.99 | 69.83 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
237 | Sertraline Tablets 100 mg | 10's | 20.14 | 107.83 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
238 | Sertraline Tablets 25 mg | 10's | 9 | 43.66 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
239 | Sodium Valproate Tablets 300 mg | 10's | 18.45 | 36.9 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
240 | Zolpidem Tablets 10 mg | 10's | 18.23 | 78.4 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
241 | Clobazam Tablet 5 mg | 10's | 13.39 | 47.7 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
242 | Gabapentin+Nortriptylinen(400/10 mg) Tablets | 10's | 71.62 | 166.33 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
243 | Cinnarizine Tablets 25 mg | 10's | 4.14 | 26.29 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
244 | Levosulpiride Tablets 25 mg | 10's | 9.49 | 67.91 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
245 | Pregabalin 75 mg+ Methylcobalamin 750 mcg Tablets | 10's | 29.62 | 119.66 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
246 | Amitriptyline Hydrochloride10mg Tablets | 10's | 4.1 | 19.78 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
247 | Carbamazepine 200 mg Tabs IP | 10's | 6.4 | 13.44 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
248 | Clonazepam 0.5 mg Tabs IP | 10's | 14.4 | 30.24 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
249 | Atropine Sulphate Injection IP 0.6mg/ml | 1 Ml | 1.87 | 3.92 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
250 | Propofol 10mg/ ml Inj | 10ml Vial | 33.5 | 70.35 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |
251 | Sodium Valproate EC Tablets I.P 200mg | 10's | 13.75 | 28.88 | Drugs acting on Central nerve system |