The Prime Minister and the MCI have supported generic prescribing. To throw light it is made very clear that generic can be written in addition to the prescription instead of pondering about the practical conversion let us analyse the pros and cons of generics in practice: Pros Cutting costs Decommercialisation Doctor dictates Doctor prescribes No over the counter Make in India gets a chance Cons No combination therapy Vitamins and minerals difficult to prescribe Pharma cannot customise prescriptions Commercially not viable Industry suffers How can this be addressed?
All Medical institutions should run generic pharmacies-now only government institutes use generics Doctor owned dispensaries should be declared to be generic Subsidies should be provided to doctor owned pharmacies in clinical establishment act This will make the delivery vertical direct to the end user . This will also…
