Srinagar, April 01 (KINS): In order to monitor the availability of essential medicines in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir at affordable prices, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has accorded sanction to the establishment of Price Monitoring and Resource Unit (PMRU) in J&K. The Authority has identified Jammu & Kashmir as a Pilot location for implementation of Central Sector Scheme of NPPA-Consumer Awareness, Publicity and Price Monitoring.
The Price Monitoring and Resource Unit (PMRU) would function under the overall supervision and guidance of Drugs Controller, J&K and it would be the key collaborating partner of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority in Jammu & Kashmir. The governing body of PMRU comprises of Financial Commissioner, Health & Medical Education Department, J&K as Chairman, Commissioner, FDA (J&K) as Vice-Chairman, State Drugs Controller, J&K as Member Secretary, Joint Drugs Controller, J&K, Director, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, New Delhi and President, J&K Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association as members.
Dr. Geer Mohammad Ishaq, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar shall discharge function as an Advisor to the body. The body is registered as a society under Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Act XXI of 1860).(KINS)
Drug Controller reviews stock position of medicines in JK
Srinagar, Apr 01 (KINS): Drug Controller J&K, Lotika Khajuria today convened a meeting of all Depot holders / C&F agents / Super stockists of leading multinational / micro pharma houses based at Jammu to facilitate and ensure the uninterrupted and hassle free supply of life saving / essential medicines in the whole distribution chain to the end users across the UT of J&K.
The meeting was attended by Assistant Drug Controller Jammu, Drug Control Officers, President JPDA and other representatives of Pharma trade.
The meeting was conducted post the outbreak of COVID 19 and subsequent implementation of Pan India lockdown to ensure that there is no shortage of essential lifesaving medicines to the patients / end users across J&K.
It was informed that there are sufficient stocks of all kinds of essential medicines at the depot level and in the supply chain as of now, however the pharma dealers raised the concerns that they are facing certain difficulties under the present restrictions / lockdown w.r.t the transportation of medicines both at the inter and intra state levels.
Taking immediate cognizance of the difficulties, certain steps were initiated for removal of such difficulties by taking up the matter with the administration for their immediate removal to ensure smooth movement of consignments of life saving essential medicines.
In this context, a whatsapp group was constituted comprising officers of the Drug Control Department and the depot holders of all the major MNC’S to maintain a coherent coordination to ensure that there is no shortage of any lifesaving medicines which has been shared with the stake holders.
All the Assistant Drug Controllers at the district level have been instructed to ensure the availability of all lifesaving medicines and report shortage of any kind of medicines on the whatsapp group No 9797134137 on the designed format so that prompt action will initiated to ensure the availability of particular class of medicines.
Further the Enforcement / Empowered authorities across the UT have been instructed to ensure that social distancing is strictly maintained at the retail medical outlets as responsible citizens to contain the spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID 19).(KINS)
