To order medicines / medical items from CDMU, please register as CDMU's Member Organization (see the 'Contact us' page for downloading the application form). Once the registration fornalities are completed we will provide our current Price List. The following are the terms and conditions for supply:



  1. This price-list is effective from 1st July of one year to 30th June of the following year. This time period is the operational year for CDMU.

  2. We supply drugs only to our partner-members who must be charitable organizations or organizations engaged in health welfare work without any profit motives. We do not permit our supplies to be sold through chemist's shops, through any other retail outlets, or otherwise, for profit.

  3. The minimum unit of packing for each item is shown in the price-list. Orders should be in multiples of these units.

  4. We will generally supply the generic equivalents of the listed items to keep prices to the minimum, if there are no instructions to the contrary from the buyer.

  5. We may mark our drugs as 'CDMU SUPPLY' / 'HOSPITAL SUPPLY' / 'INSTITUTIONAL SUPPLY' to prevent the supplies from being pilfered and sold commercially in the market. Since a 'NOT FOR SALE' mark creates confusion, all our suppliers have been instructed not to put any such mark on the goods. Despite this, if such marking is found, you are requested to bring this to the notice of the CDMU administration in writing so that appropriate follow-up action may be taken.

  6. Prices mentioned in this price-list are inclusive of all taxes payable on sale of drugs and medicines within the state of West Bengal as on 1st July, 2003. Any changes in the rates of taxes in future shall be suitably adjusted.

  7. Deliveries within Kolkata and Siliguri town are made free. Cost of packing and delivery to all other districts shall be charged at actual to a maximum of 3% of the invoice value.

  8. All outstation customers should preferably pay by demand draft drawn in favor of Community Development Medicinal Unit. Payments through cheques drawn on outstation banks must include collection charges.

  9. As we are a non-profit making organization with the goal of making quality drugs available to the disadvantaged sections of the community at the cheapest possible rates, we try, by all possible means, to keep our costs to the barest minimum. As a result allowing credit to our member-partners is a difficult proposition. Our normal terms of payment are cash against delivery. We however, allow 30 day credit only in very deserving cases.

  10. All our deliveries are subject to availability of stock. We try to deliver at the earliest possible. However, we cannot be held responsible for delay in delivery for having no stock at the time of receiving order, or for any reasons beyond our control.

  11. As a normal practice we DO NOT replace stock already purchased by a member organization unless the supply has quality problems and intimation to this effect is made within 6 months after CDMU's operational year concludes. Members are requested to plan and place their orders carefully to avoid stock wastage due to expiry. As a goodwill gesture CDMU may occasionally replace stock that remains unutilized and is nearing expiry. However, this is only a courtesy service offered when circumstances permit and CANNOT be made binding upon CDMU. In any case, replacement can be considered:

    - only for stock that still has 3 to 5 months till expiry
    - only for stock that is unspoiled
    - only when the request is accompanied by photocopies of the original bills and challans.

  12. While every effort is made to maintain the prices appearing in this price-list, CDMU reserves the right to alter prices without notice on account of increase in government levies, taxes, or increase in suppliers' rates. All orders are accepted subject to this price variation condition.

  13. We cannot make money refund against goods once sold.

  14. While realizing that some member organizations may have preference for certain brands, we emphasize that our operational policy is based upon generics. Accordingly, we recommend that indent requests should be made to us in generic rather than brand names. In the exceptional circumstances that no suitable generics are available, we may arrange for procurement of the branded drugs required.

  15. Some items in this catalog are marked as NOT QUOTED / ACCEPTED. This implies that quotations were not received for these items for the current operational year or quotations were received but not accepted. DELETED ITEM refers to those which were present in earlier CDMU catalogs but not in the current one. Normally, we are unable to supply these items. However, if a particular member organization is very much in need of such an item, CDMU may be able to locate appropriate distributors on their behalf and arrange for procurement.