Unjustifiable high prices of medicines
Now a days, one of the top issues is the medicines getting out of reach from poor. And as per my analysis, the prices in market are not justifiable. i had a brief survey on this and found that the prices are raising due to medicine company's relationship with doctor. I spent some time with one of my known who own a medicine company. He took me to a doctor's office and asked him to prescribe his medicines to the patients. The deal was that the medicine company would give him a lump sum amount + commision + festive gifts. And now the medicine company is gonna include that amount in prices of medicines they are selling. So this is the reason of high prices of medicines. I went to a number of doctors and found that no one prescribes mose generic brands like cipla/ranbaxy etc. And then I understood the outreach of medicines. more
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The concept of MRP (Maximum Retail Prize) stamping on packed goods was initiated by government to protect the interest of consumer whereas; it has become the easiest way to cheat purchaser. Various medicines in the market are being sold at 10 to 15% below MRP rate by medical shops which clearly indicates that the marked MRP was hiked multi fold. The medical shop owner is not there to do social service. Similarly, many shops and malls are selling products well below MRP and still gaining profit. All the business houses are earning rich profit every year but the poor consumer is suffering all along. Every now and then product MRP is revised and increased without any rational. It is not clear who decides MRP for packed products because it is always jacked up prize? If we review the history of prize rise, the prize trend has gone up steadily only after introduction of maximum retail prize concept. Hence it is high time we review it. The entire concept should be reviewed and a centralized prize controlling body should be constructed by the government, if not done earlier, to decide standard prize of various essential commodities, for benefit of consumers. Any violation of norms should be made punishable. more
Aug 11
government should bring cost of all the medicine under price control, if not all the at least antibiotic, implants, cancer medicine, heart realted & diabetes related medicine. more
Aug 11
government should start their own manufacturing unit to get/manufacture the subsidies/low medicine. they should also encourage the major PSU to do the same. more
Jun 13
Make available generic medicines and educate publicity of its availability and advantages more
Jun 13
The medicine reaches the medical shop with the reasonable rate, which includes government subsidy to reduce the medicine cost. But the shop keepers fixes a major percentage as profit. Second thing few medical shops sell low cost medicine as a replacement for high cost medicine prescribed by the doctors. more
Jun 13
