India government said it has set up an integrated
pharmaceutical database system and price monitoring resource units for drugs in
each state.
The government was committed to encourage the use of
generic drugs and claimed that prices of medicines had come down under the
Narendra Modi government over the last six months, said Chemicals and
Fertilizers Minister Ananth Kumar.
In a written reply in Lok Sabha, he said "In
the last six months, no prices of medicines have been hiked. There is no
question of sky-rocketing medicine prices, in fact, the prices of drugs have
come down under the Modi government".
The minister said that the government has set up an
integrated pharmaceutical database system and price monitoring resource units
for drugs in each state.
“Modi government's aim will be to provide good quality
affordable medicines to people and will open 3,000 outlets for generic
medicines across the country”, he added.
Health Minister J.P. Nadda said in order to check
spurious drugs; there was a need to increase the quality and manpower in
laboratories across the country.
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