improving access to medicines

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We are still looking at some of the factors responsible for not having access to medicines.

Role of NPPA

It is found that when an essential medicine is under price control, the production of other non-scheduled medicine in the same therapeutic category increases. There is a practice by pharma industry to substitute ingredient in existing brand when an ingredient is brought under price control, with another ingredient from the same therapeutic group that is outside price control.Case of Disprin plus is well known.

It is therefore logical to monitor the production and pricing of the entire therapeutic group when an ingredient is brought under price control.

This will make access affordable in the private sector.

What is your opinion about role of FDA in making medicines acccessible?

kunda

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