New Delhi, Mar 31 (IANS): The apex body of the Central government leading the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, the National Health Authority (NHA), on Thursday released a consultation paper on Drug Registry.

Envisioned under the ambitious Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), Drug Registry is intended to be a single, up-to-date, centralised repository of all the drugs across all systems of medicine which are approved and are available in the Indian market.

National Health Authority CEO R.S. Sharma said on the occasion that through Drug Registry, the ABDM aims to provide a standardised, comprehensive set of verified data on all the approved drugs marketed in the country that would enable a more efficient regulatory process.

"To enable inclusivity and widen the perspectives on the table, I urge all stakeholders to go through the shared consultation papers and provide us with their valuable feedback," added Sharma.

The Drug Registry application is proposed be designed using open-source technologies and will be interoperable.

The consultation paper focuses only on Drug Registry within the National Digital Health Ecosystem and offers NHA's current vision on the functionalities of the proposed Drug Registry, the process for its creation and potential benefits to various ecosystem stakeholders.