Re: [india-drug] NPPA to look into the difference in bulk andretailprices (4)

["BN Dhawan" <bndhawan@hotmail.com>]

NPPA to look into the difference in bulk andretailprices (4)
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Anita
          Congratulations. I feel that this should be made known widely to 
public and Health Care Administrators.
         E-Mail may not be adequate. I would suggest a brief report should 
be sent for publication in various newspapers etc. and perhap TV as well. I am sure some channels will be happy top carry the story.

B.N. Dhawan
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Prof. B. N. Dhawan
Ex - Director, Central Drug Research Institute,
3, Rama Krishna Marg, Lucknow - 226007, India
Phone: +91-522-2371166; 2009121; FAX: +91-522-2623405
Email: bndhawan@hotmail.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "anita kotwani" <anitakotwani@msn.com>
To: <india-drug@healthnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:09 PM
Subject: RE: [india-drug] NPPA to look into the difference in bulk 
andretailprices (2)


>  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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