Study of deviant use of international non-proprietary name of medicines in India
Journal Title: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Holistic Health - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction International Nonproprietary Names INNs are internationally documented names for medicines recommended by the World Health Organization WHO and provide a standardized system of nomenclatureObjective To analyse the current pattern of use of INNs by different pharmaceuticals companies in IndiaMethodology The relevant material was systemically collated and analysed after collecting material from websites of WHO pharmaceutical companies MIMS and CIMS We then analysed what is the severity of misuse of INNs in India and categorize the gaps and loopholes at the different levelResults It has been found that for implementation of INN most important problem lies in the policy regime along with and deficient coordination in between drug authorities in India Both big and small pharmaceutical companies were involved in the misuse 1040 of INNs Number of INN stems have been exploited by different companies Most commonly used INN were by grel followed by pril pride and gliA great number of cases of misuse of INNs in our country involve drugs for cardiac renal diseases and diabetes Although drug authority has issued INN protection letter by WHO to few pharmaceutical companies but in spite of that number of brand names are still derived from INNConclusion Many lacunae exist in the INN implementation in IndiaIt is essential to develop improved coordination specific mandate and suitable policy to safeguard INNs in IndiaKeywords Brand name Generic Propriety name
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Rangeel Singh Raina
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