Health Matters: This Healthcare Plan, if Done Right, Could be Modi Govt's Next Showstopper in Poll Rallies
2 years, 8 months ago

Health Matters: This Healthcare Plan, if Done Right, Could be Modi Govt's Next Showstopper in Poll Rallies

News 18  

The Narendra Modi government is getting ready to make another big move in the healthcare sector -– creating a common platform to handle procurement of medicines for all central government agencies. It includes the purchase of medicines for Central Government Health Scheme and other public sector undertakings such as Employees’ State Insurance Corporation hospitals, Jan Aushadhi scheme and All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The government must learn from the massive quality failures it witnessed during the drive to revamp Jan Aushadhi stores under the scheme formally known as Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Yojana. Under the scheme, the government sells non-branded, generic drugs through retail pharmacy outlets called Jan Aushadhi Kendras.

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After intensive care, people’s pharmacy Jan Aushadhi sees healthy sales spike
5 days, 13 hours ago

After intensive care, people’s pharmacy Jan Aushadhi sees healthy sales spike

Live Mint  

Mumbai: A stone’s throw away from a Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra in suburban Mumbai stands another pharmacy, called ‘Mumbai Jan Aushadhi’. Branded generics are not typically found in Jan Aushadhi kendras—pharmacies registered under a central government scheme to promote affordable medicines. According to a government press release dated 3 October, medicines worth ₹6,100 crore have been sold through Jan …

Low awareness of generic drugs in AP: Minister Satya Kumar
1 month ago

Low awareness of generic drugs in AP: Minister Satya Kumar

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Minister for medical, health and family welfare Satya Kumar Yadav highlighted the low awareness of generic medicines in Andhra Pradesh, noting that while there are 13,822 Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras nationwide, the state has only 215, a shortfall attributed to the negligence of the previous government. Minister Satya Kumar acknowledged the limited awareness among the public about generic …

Healthcare saw major reforms in past 10 years: HDK
1 month, 1 week ago

Healthcare saw major reforms in past 10 years: HDK

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy said a major revolution has taken place to build a healthy India in the last ten years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Delivering the convocation address at the graduation ceremony of the 14th batch of Rajarajeswari Medical College here on Tuesday, he said, “In the past decade, …

The burden of health care on India’s poorest
4 months, 1 week ago

The burden of health care on India’s poorest

Hindustan Times  

In recent years, the Indian government has made significant strides in reducing the burden of health expenditure on the common citizen. A particular focus of the government has been to reduce the burden of severe economic shocks due to “catastrophic” health care expenditure such as hospitalisation. In order to understand the character of catastrophic health expenditure, Artha Global’s Centre for …

Drug Action Network asks Health Minister to let Janaushadhi Kendras dispense generic substitutes of branded medication
6 months, 1 week ago

Drug Action Network asks Health Minister to let Janaushadhi Kendras dispense generic substitutes of branded medication

The Hindu  

The All India Drug Action Network, involved in advocacy for rational drug policy and use, has urged the Union Health Minister to amend the Schedule ‘H’ under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, to enable Janaushadhi Kendras to dispense generic substitutes of branded prescription medications. In a letter dated June 11 to the Health Minister, the network has also urged …

Union Budget: Stimulating pharma and healthcare for Amrit Kaal
11 months, 1 week ago

Union Budget: Stimulating pharma and healthcare for Amrit Kaal

Firstpost  

The Union Budget 2023-24, the first budget of Amrit Kaal, set out a vision and blueprint for an empowered and inclusive economy to lay building blocks for the coming 25 years in the journey to India@100 in 2047. Addressing tax issues about business expenditure Typically, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies incur various marketing and related costs which involve medical practitioners. Input …

A milestone in the journey to universal health care
1 year ago

A milestone in the journey to universal health care

Hindustan Times  

In a landmark move for India’s health care system, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the 10,000th Jan Aushadhi Kendra under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana at AIIMS in Deoghar last week. While the media spotlight might not have brightly shone on this accomplishment, it’s a significant stride in India’s health care narrative. In his 2023 Independence Day address, PM Modi …

Health Ministry withdraws fiat mandating doctors prescribe only generic drugs
1 year, 4 months ago

Health Ministry withdraws fiat mandating doctors prescribe only generic drugs

The Hindu  

Thursday evening saw the end of a half-month stand-off between the National Medical Commission, India’s regulatory body guiding medical professionals and the Indian Medical Association, a national voluntary organisation of physicians with over three lakh members. Medical community has prevailed for the good of the people.’’ The previous NMC’s Ethics and Medical Registration Board notification reads: “Every RMP should prescribe …

Govt hospitals to get generic medicine stores
1 year, 4 months ago

Govt hospitals to get generic medicine stores

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Under the Centre’s ‘Jan Aushadhi’ scheme, the state government on Monday decided to start round-the-clock generic medicine shops on the campus of government hospitals run by the public health department. HT Image In February 2023, the ‘National Federation of Farmers’ Procurement and Processing and Retailing Cooperatives of India Ltd’ was appointed to open generic medicine stores in the hospitals …

Generic drugs for diabetes, gastric issues, cardiovascular ailments see high demand
1 year, 6 months ago

Generic drugs for diabetes, gastric issues, cardiovascular ailments see high demand

The Hindu  

The Jan Aushadhi Kendras selling generic drugs at affordable prices have seen their sales rise more than 170 times over the last nine years, but the government has no intention of making them available online in the near future. Medicines to treat gastric issues, diabetes, cardiovascular ailments, and pain have seen the highest sales at the Jan Aushadhi Kendras, under …

Nigeria seeks India’s help to emulate Jan Aushadhi Kendra model
1 year, 8 months ago

Nigeria seeks India’s help to emulate Jan Aushadhi Kendra model

The Hindu  

Nigeria, among the worst in Africa in terms of health indicators, has sought India’s help to set up stores similar to the Jan Aushadhi Kendras in an attempt to make available quality medicines, consumables, and surgical items at affordable prices for all and reduce the out-of-pocket expenditure of consumers and patients. This is also to ensure easy availability of the …

The Cure for Ailing Project, Govt’s Rebranded Jan Aushadhi ‘Overachieves’ Drug Sale of Rs 1,100 Crore
1 year, 9 months ago

The Cure for Ailing Project, Govt’s Rebranded Jan Aushadhi ‘Overachieves’ Drug Sale of Rs 1,100 Crore

News 18  

Driven by expanding pharmacies and new product launches, the government’s affordable generic medicines scheme — Jan Aushadhi — has recorded a turnover of over Rs 1,100 crore, News18.com has learnt. “The scheme, till last month has registered sales of Rs 1,100 crore. We are hoping to touch Rs 1,200 crore by the end of this ongoing financial year,” Ravi Dadhich, …

Delhi govt approves Rs 104 crore for general medicines procurement amid global Covid surge
1 year, 11 months ago

Delhi govt approves Rs 104 crore for general medicines procurement amid global Covid surge

India Today  

Amid the surge in Covid cases globally, the Delhi Government has alerted all its hospitals and directed them to ramp up the preparations for potential Covid cases that might be reported in the future. In view of the same, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia held a review meeting with directors and medical superintendents of government hospitals on Monday. Delhi Government …

'Bid to sully India’s tag as pharmacy of the world'
2 years ago

'Bid to sully India’s tag as pharmacy of the world'

Live Mint  

There is an attempt to tarnish India’s reputation as the pharmacy of the world, and it is the government’s duty to safeguard India’s image, Union minister of health and family welfare, and chemical and fertilizer Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said, referring to the controversy around the death of 66 children in Gambia, allegedly after consuming Maiden Pharma’s cough syrup. During the …

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