RE: [india-drug] NPPA to look into the difference in bulk and retailprices (3)

["tulsi chugh" <chughtd@hotmail.com>]

 NPPA to look into the difference in bulk and retailprices (3)
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Anita Kotwani,  

Well done.My congrats for doing a good piece of work.

regards,
"tulsi chugh" <chughtd@hotmail.com>
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     From:  "anita kotwani" <anitakotwani@msn.com>
     Reply-To:  India-Drug             Communication             Network
     <india-drug@healthnet.org>
     To:  india-drug@healthnet.org
     Subject:  RE: [india-drug] NPPA to look into the difference in bulk
     andretailprices (2)
     Date:  Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:39:00 -0400
     >   NPPA to look into the difference in bulk and retailprices (2)
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     >
     >  Dear All,
     >
     >    We  have  done  seven  surveys in different states of India to
     find out
     >    the prices and availability of a basket of essential medicines
     in both
     >    public  and  private  sector using  a standardized methodology
     developed   by   WHO-HAi  was  used.  Six  surveys  were  conducted
     simultaneously between
     October-December  2004.  The  synthesis  paper of these six surveys
     is  recently  published  in  May issue of Indian Journal of Medical
     research
     >    (  Kotwani   a  et  al.  Prices  and  availability  of  common
     medicines at six
     >    sites  in India using a standardized methodology. Indian J Med
     Res 125,
     >    645-654, 2007)
     >    At  all  the  survey  sites  (Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra,
     west Bengal
     >    and  Chennai)  it  was found that diazepam 5 mg in the private
     sector was
     >    33 times (average) its procurement price in the public sector.
     >
     >    A  survey  was  conducted  in  Rajasthan  utilizing  the  same
     methodology and
     >    it  was  found  that  the  lowest  priced generic available in
     private
     >    retail  shops  of diazepam, diclofenac and albendazole was 26,
     14 and 18
     >    times higher than the public sector procurement price.
     >
     >    These  surveys  have  clearly  shown  that prices of essential
     medicines
     >    are  many  times  higher  in  retail   shops  than  government
     procurement
     >    price.  The price data was collected from the retail shops and
     not from
     >    any reference book or MIMS.
     >
     >    Government  has to look into the matter and must take steps to
     increase
     >    access to medicines.
     >
     >    Best,
     >
     >    Anita Kotwani
     >
     >    Department of Pharmacology
     >
     >    V.P.C.I, Delhi University of Delhi
     >
     >    anitakotwani@msn.com
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