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India’s Cut-Price Generics Program Rebounds But Real Impact Still Limited

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

India's cut-price generic drugs scheme appears to have gathered some pace, covering over 700 medicines, offering sharp price differentials over brand name therapies and also garnering some private sector interest. But its on-ground impact in improving affordable access to medicines is still limited, some experts claim.

Indian Medicine
INDIA'S AMBITIOUS CUT-PRICE MEDICINES INITIATIVE STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO

Healthcare is expected to be an important vote-bank draw in poll-bound India and the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government is probably not going to let any effort in the area go unnoticed.

Recent government data have highlighted the progress made by the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), a key initiative that...

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