Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the launching of the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana in the State is the beginning of a revolution. He said that now generic drugs will be purchased in the State.
A public awareness campaign will be launched to remove the myths related to the use and effects of generic drugs. He urged all doctors to prescribe generic drugs along with company medicines.
He said that the Jan Abhiyan Parishad would be implemented as Bharatiya Jan Aushadhiya Pariyojana. He expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this public interest scheme. Chouhan said that steps would also be taken to ban exaggerated advertisements related to medical facilities and drugs.
Chouhan was addressing a workshop on the use of generic medicines after signing of an MoU between the State Government and Union Ministry for Chemicals and Fertilizers at the Academy of Administration for launching of Jan Aushadhi Kendra. An MoU was signed between the state government and the Medicine Department of the Union Ministry for Chemicals and Fertilizers. The MoU was signed by Executive Director of Jan Abhiyan Parishad Shri Umesh Sharma on behalf of State Government and CEO of Bureau of Pharma PSU Viplav Chatterji on behalf of the Government of India. It may be noted here that the generic drugs will be available at very reasonable rates compared to branded and expensive medicines. The formation and components of these drugs are similar. There are no side-effects of these drugs compared to any other branded drugs.