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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252 | Amlodipine + Atenolol (5 mg + 50 mg) film coated Tablets | 10's | 3.54 | 21.33 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
253 | Amlodipine 5 mg Tablets | 10's | 2.68 | 23.3 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
254 | Atenolol 50 mg Tabs | 14's | 5.02 | 16.6 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
255 | Atorvastatin 10 mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 5.11 | 50.9 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
256 | Atorvastatin 20 mg film coated Tablets | 10's | 9.2 | 123.4 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
257 | Clopidogrel 75 mg Tabs | 10's | 13.19 | 64.4 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
258 | Diltiazem Tablets I.P. strength 30 mg | 10s | 7.8 | 22.3 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
259 | Enalapril Tablets I.P. strength 5 mg | 10s | 2.86 | 29.7 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
260 | Enoxaparin 40 mg / 0.4 ml Inj. | 0.4 Ml | 183.01 | 471.99 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
261 | Enoxaparin 60 mg / 0.6 ml Inj. | 0.6 Ml | 222.89 | 570.38 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
262 | Isosorbide Dinitrate 10 mg Tabs | 10's | 3.56 | 6.9 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
263 | Amlodipine 5mg+Lisinopril 5mg Tablets | 15's | 12.33 | 71.43 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
264 | Lisinopril 5 mg Tabs | 10's | 7.1 | 61.95 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
265 | Losartan + H.Ch. Thaizide (50 mg + 12.5 mg) Film Coated Tablets | 10's | 9.05 | 53.68 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
266 | Losartan 25 mg Film Coated Tablets | 10's | 5.04 | 24.45 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
267 | Losartan Potassium 50 mg Film Coated Tablets | 10's | 9 | 46.2 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
268 | Metoprolol 25 mg Tabs | 10's | 5.04 | 28.8 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
269 | Metoprolol 50 mg Tabs | 10's | 4.76 | 43.5 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
270 | Ramipril 2.5 mg Tabs | 10's | 6.75 | 46.1 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
271 | Ramipril 5 mg Tabs | 10's | 9.68 | 72.8 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
272 | Simvastatin Tablets I.P. Strength 10 mg | 10s | 9.99 | 82.8 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
273 | Simvastatin Tablets I.P. Strength 20 mg | 10s | 12.44 | 145.86 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
274 | Telmisartan + Hydrochlorthiazide (40 mg + 12.5 mg ) Tabs | 10's | 15.3 | 46.01 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
275 | Telmisartan Tablets 20 mg | 10's | 6.73 | 33.8 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
276 | Telmisartan 40 mg Tabs | 10's | 8.7 | 61.2 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
277 | Tranexamic Acid 500 mg Tabs | 10's | 58.22 | 154.6 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
278 | Tranexamic Acid 100 mg/ ml Injection | 5 Ml | 17.89 | 66.45 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
279 | Prazosin Tablets 5 mg | 15's | 26.4 | 152.81 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
280 | Telmisartan 40 mg+Amlodipine 5mg Tab. | 15's | 17.66 | 148.63 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
281 | Rosuvastatin Tablets 20 mg | 10's | 27.34 | 228.41 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
282 | Atorvastatin+Clopidogrel(10/75mg)Cpsls. | 10's | 29.21 | 108.83 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
283 | Torasemide Tablets 10 mg | 15's | 17.3 | 49.75 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
284 | Carvedilol Tablets 3.125 mg | 10's | 5.45 | 27 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
285 | Diltiazem Tablets Sr 90 mg | 10's | 20.18 | 86.6 (for Ir) | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
286 | Acenocoumarol Tablets 2 mg | 30's | 51.43 | 235 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
287 | S-Amlodipine Tablets 2.5 mg | 10's | 7.65 | 15.3 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
288 | Atorvastatin 10 mg+ Fenofibrates 160 mg Tablets | 15's | 24.39 | 237.5 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
289 | Ramipril And Hydroclorthiazide Tablets (5 mg + 12.5 mg) | 10's | 9.1 | 113.36 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
290 | Olmesartan Tablets 40 mg | 10's | 26.71 | 123 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
291 | Propranolol Tablets 40 mg | 10's | 4.95 | 26.1 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
292 | Rosuvastatin 10 mg + Fenofibrates 160 mg Tablets | 10's | 24.7 | 146.66 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
293 | Telmisartan 40 mg+ Chlorthalidone 12.5 mg Tablets | 10's | 23.15 | 83.4 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
294 | Nifedipine Prolonged Release Tablets 20 mg | 10's | 7.09 | 20.4 (for Ir) | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
295 | Indapamide Tablets 1.5 mg | 10's | 6.98 | 107.15 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
296 | Olmesartan Medoxomil 40 mg + Hydroclorthiazide 12.5 mg Tablets | 10's | 21.24 | 142.83 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
297 | Metoprolol 50 mg + Amlodipine 5 Mg Tablets | 7's | 9.7 | 61 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
298 | Losartan 50 mg+Amlodine 5 mg Tablets | 10's | 9.6 | 81.74 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
299 | Olmesartan 20 mg+Amlodipine 5mgTabts. | 10's | 24.32 | 59 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
300 | Labetalol Tablets 100 mg | 10's | 43.65 | 137.25 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |
301 | Warfarin Tablets 5 mg | 10's | 4.28 | 22 | Drugs acting on cardio vascular system |