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Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation- Drug Formulary

Posted: 31 Mar 2015, 20:27
by Admin
Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Ltd. (TNMSC), the state government's drug procurement agency, is considered among the best centralized and efficient public sector drug procurement mechanism in the country, which could be emulated by other states for public sector healthcare delivery.

Started since January 1995, TNMSC's primary objective is to ensure ready availability of all essential drugs and medicines in the Government run medical institutions throughout the State by adopting a streamlined procedure for procurement, storage and distribution of drugs.

TNMSC annually procures 271 odd drugs and medicines, 92 varieties of suture items, 63 surgical items, and more than 130 items of veterinary drugs for animal husbandry department, which is worth approximately over Rs.120 crores.