Naming drugs in India

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 Who decides the naming of 'Generic Indian Brands' in India. Of course the CDSCO. But the issue is the multiple issues are, Companies are free to manufacture and sell different drugs under the same trade names. This will create big confusion in the Pharmacy level. There is a open saying that the Indian Doctor's are not legible. Now this issue also add fuel to fire. Today I saw a posting of Hetero Healthcare Ltd, for a drug named as "HETRAN" (Vonoprazan) a drug to treat stomach ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). It works by blocking the proton pumps in the stomach lining that produce acid. By reducing the amount of acid, it helps to heal ulcers and alleviate symptoms of GERD, such as heartburn and acid reflux.

The funniest thing is there is a drug called as "HETAZAN" (Diethyl carbamazepine citrate) a research drug from Lederle (Now Pfizer). This is to treat parasitic worm infection and filariasis (elephantiasis). Filariasis is a disease in which swelling of arms, legs or other body parts may occur. Hetrazan 100 Tablet is used to treat Bancroft's filariasis, eosinophilic lung, loiasis and river blindness (onchocerciasis).

Hetrazan is studies by MBBS students by name because there was no other brands at that time and it was synthasised by Dr.Yellapagada Subbu Rao, a great Pharmacist from India who rose on to become the President of American Cyanamid (Parent Company of Lederle) He R&D'd lot of Pharmaceutical drugs like, Aureyomycin ( First broad spectrum Antibiotic), Folvite (5 mg Folic acid), Hetrazan, Pacitane ( Trihexyl Phenedyl), even Methendroxate (Cancer Drug). He died young at the age of 53 and still American's believe if he would have lived longer, he would have developed more Drugs and that too for Cancer. 

He was known as the Miracle Man of Medicine. 

But my question is why this anomaly in naming the Drugs in India.


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