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more-inThe State may soon see supply of generic medicines to patients at all the government-run hospitals thanks to the initiative taken by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation under the Union Health Ministry. The agency is mandated to procure generic medicines and be sell. The Drugs Controller-General, in a communication issued on Tuesday, asked the States to take steps to see that generic medicines are separated from other medicines so that they are visible to consumers. The State has entered into an agreement with a public sector company for supply of generic medicine in all the general and teaching hospitals in addition to 12 district hospitals, 130 area hospitals and close to 200 community health centres. “The agreement with public sector HLL Lifecare is in place and we are hopeful that generics will be positioned in these institutions very soon,” a senior official told The Hindu..