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Charticle: How Jan Aushadhi stores are disrupting the Indian pharma market

Analysts point out that growth from product introductions has nearly halved over the last two years as the drug regulator has been more stringent about new combination drugs

Drugs, Pharma, medicine
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The Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi scheme aims to provide quality drugs at almost 50-90% discount to their branded counterparts

Sohini Das



* The growth of the Indian Pharma market has come down from 13.5 per cent in FY15 to 10 per cent YoY in FY18
 
* Analysts point out that growth from product introductions has nearly halved over the last two years as the drug regulator has been more stringent about new combination drugs
 
* Growing awareness about cheaper alternatives to branded generics and more channels providing access to them has started to impact volume growth for branded generics
 
* The Government's push towards Jan Aushadhi stores has started to impact volumes of branded generics
 
* The Pradhan

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