Seperate, Visible Shelf For GENERIC Medicines at Every Chemist: New order by Health Ministry
New Delhi: To increase the affordability of generic medicines and to provide low-cost benefits to consumers, the government has made it compulsory for pharmacies to display generic medicines clearly on separate shelves so that consumers can go for low-cost alternatives to costly branded drugs.
Through a recent notification, Dr. S. Eswara Reddy, Drugs Controller General of India, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government Of India has decided that every retail outlet should provide a separate shelf/rack reserved exclusively for stocking generic medicines in the licensed premises separated from other medicines, which shall be visible to the consumers.
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