An Orientation Programme to generate consumer awareness on price monitoring and availability of pharmaceutical drugs was organized today here in District Hospital Kathua. The event was hosted by Price Monitoring & Resource Unit, (PMRU) J&K under the supervision of Controller, Drugs & Food Control Organization, J&K Lotika Khajuria.
The objective of the Programme was to highlight the importance of affordability and availability of safe, quality and efficacious drugs to the end users and to ensure that there is no shortage of Life saving/essential medicines in the U T of J&K. The said Programme was attended by various stakeholders, general public, representatives from Pharma Associations and Drug regulatory authorities.
Deputy Drugs Controller, Mohammad Iqbal Palla was the Chief Guest of the function, who informed that the primary function of PMRUs is to assist NPPA in monitoring the prices of drugs, ensuring availability of drugs and raising consumer awareness. He said that PMRUs act as collaborating partners of NPPA with information gathering mechanisms at the grass-roots level to ensure seamless availability of all essential medicines and report the violations on notified prices of scheduled and non-scheduled formulation to NPPA through State Drugs Controller.
