India Clears Plan For State-Level Drug Buys, Free Pills For Some Patients
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
India Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad gave final clearance to a national plan to allow states more freedom to buy drugs for the hospitals they run and to provide some for free to certain patients, such as pregnant women.
India Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad gave final clearance to a national plan to allow states more freedom to buy drugs for the hospitals they run and to provide some for free to certain patients, such as pregnant women. The states would be required to conduct an open tender for drug supplies from firms with good-manufacturing practices certificates, with the medicines supplied labeled not for resale. The plan would increase funding to the National Rural Health Mission by $240 million. (Click here for more
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"Free Medicines Scheme Gets 1,300 Crore Rupees Boost" - Times Of India (9/20/2012)