IMPORTANT!
Dear friends, we need your help.
The Citizens Generics vs. Branded Drugs Project is now LIVE! for your contributions.
India is the "Pharmacy of the World," supplying 20% of global generic medicines. Yet millions of Indian patients remain trapped between unaffordable branded drugs and generics they don't trust.
We're changing that through citizen-funded science.
The question we're answering: Is your affordable medicine just as effective as the expensive brand—or are you compromising your health to save money?
Our project analyses essential medicines across critical therapeutic categories to rigorous laboratory analysis:
✅Antibiotics - Azithromycin, Amoxicillin, Rifaximin
✅Heart & Blood Pressure - Telmisartan, Amlodipine, Clopidogrel, Atorvastatin, Aspirin
✅Diabetes & Gout - Metformin, Febuxostat
✅Digestive Health - Pantoprazole, Omeprazole, Ranitidine, UDCA
✅Pain & Inflammation - Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Prednisolone
✅Allergy & Respiratory - Montelukast, Cetirizine
✅Thyroid & Supplements - Thyroxine, Folic Acid, Calcium+Vitamin D
For each medicine, we compare Branded Drugs, Branded Generics, Jan Aushadhi, Trade and Local Generics (State Government, Generic Aadhar & Dava India)—testing what patients actually buy from pharmacies.
22 types of medicines, 2-4 categories, 133 drugs in total!
All testing is conducted in FDA & NABL-accredited laboratories using country standards:
- Weight Variation Test — to ensure uniformity of dosage units within a batch
- Identification — to confirm authenticity of the active pharmaceutical ingredient
- Assay Testing — Does the tablet contain what the label claims?
- Dissolution Testing — Does the medicine release properly in your body?
- Impurity Profiling — Are there harmful contaminants?
This project is 100% publicly funded with your help! —no pharmaceutical company sponsorship, no conflicts of interest.
Every Indian deserves medicines that are safe, effective, and trusted—regardless of price.
This is brought to you by The Mission for Ethics and Science in Healthcare (MESH).
Support independent pharmacovigilance.
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To make a contribution in specific ways and in your own way, and help us reach our goal, please visit: pages.razorpay.com/GenericvsBrand…
To read more about MESH and this project, please visit: meshindia.org/citizens-gener…
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