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Analysis of haematinic preparations available in Indian pharmaceutical market

J EZHIL RAMYA, S Anusha

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Iron deficiency anaemia is a major health prob-lem worldwide. In India, prevalence of anaemia is very high (51% among non-pregnant women and 87% among pregnant women)1. Iron defi-ciency in India has multifactorial etiology like poverty, ignorance, helminthiasis, amoebiasis, diarrhoea, malabsorption, and multiple pregnan-cies. Haematinics are drugs used for the treat-ment and prevention of anemia. In clinical prac-tice a patient of iron deficiency anaemia re-sponds readily to treatment with iron supple-mentation. Large numbers of iron salts are avail-able in market for iron therapy, the majority of which are proprietary multi-drug combinations2. The haematinics market in India is currently worth around Rs. 900 crores and is growing at 15% per annum.3

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