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29 Feb 2024

NPPA Fixes Retail Price Of 69 Drug Formulations, Ceiling Price Of 31

The new price ceiling will apply to drugs like Antitoxins, Cholesterol, Sugar, Pain, Fever, Infection, Stopping Excessive Bleeding, Calcium, VitD 3, Children's Antibiotics, Zee Media channel reported.

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

26 Mar 2022

Paracetamol, Azithromyci prices to increase by 10.7% from April

This means that the prices of nearly 800 scheduled medicines on the NLEM, which are used to treat fever, infections, skin diseases. The NLEM contains life-saving medications such as paracetamol, azithromycin, phenobarbitone, ciprofloxacin hydrochloride, phenytoin sodium, and metronidazole.

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

13 Feb 2018

New price cap on stents limits margins to 8 percent; DES price comes down to Rs 28,000

The price cap is aimed at preventing "exploitative pricing, unethical profiteering and an extraordinary failed market system", the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority said.

30 Jun 2017

No price change in 78% of actively used drugs post GST: NPPA

Drug pricing regulator NPPA on Friday said prices of around 78 per cent of 'actively used' drugs will remain unaffected after the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax from midnight tonight.

28 Jun 2017

Ahead of GST rollout, NPPA releases ceiling price of 761 medicines - Drugs for diabetes, cancer to get cheaper

In order to facilitate smooth implementation of GST for companies, we have worked out the provisional ceiling prices of 761 formulations, NPPA Chairman Bhupendra Singh said.

25 May 2017

NPPA fixes ceiling price of 30 more formulations

Drug pricing regulator NPPA has fixed the ceiling price of 30 more formulations, including those used for treatment of hepatitis, heart conditions, infections, fever and pain.

26 Apr 2017

Stent price capping will put patients in jeopardy: Experts

The government`s move to put a price cap on stents, which are used to open up blocked arteries, has drawn flak from the health experts, who believe this will block innovation and put patients in jeopardy.

07 Mar 2017

Relief to cardiac patients; no shortage of stents in the country, says NPPA

The NPPA met stent makers and importers today to discuss issues like pricing and availability of the medical device.

06 Mar 2017

Major price cut in cancer, diabetic drugs: Regulator

The prices of other important cancer drugs, such as Nanoxel (Rs 1,035) and Frastim (Rs 1,273) have been slashed by 55 per cent and 51 per cent respectively.

05 Mar 2017

NPPA to put a few more drugs under the pricing scanner

The calculation of price for essential drugs is based on the simple average of rates of all medicines in a particular therapeutic segment with sales of more than 1 percent.

Drug pricing regulator

03 Mar 2017

Drug price regulator to meet stent manufacturers next week; issues notices to 9 hospitals

Drug pricing regulator NPPA will meet stent manufacturers next week to discuss issues like pricing and availability of the medical device.

27 Jun 2016

42 essential medicines to be cheaper by up to 15%: NPPA

Prices of 42 essential medicines used in treatment of various ailments including tuberculosis, cancer, cardiac diseases, asthma, epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis and depression have been capped by the government, reducing their cost by up to 15 percent.

Inter-ministerial committee on drug prices

01 Nov 2015

Government forms committee to review drug pricing policy

The government has formed an inter-ministerial committee to review the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) 2013, following the Supreme Court verdict this year that termed the drug pricing policy as irrational and unreasonable.

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

01 Nov 2015

Pharma pricing authority caps price of 18 formulations packs

Pharma pricing authority NPPA has capped prices of 18 formulations packs, including anti- diabetic Metformin HCl tablets, anti-bacterial Ceftriaxone Sodium injection packs and devices among others.

16 Jul 2015

Govt brings 39 more drugs under price control ambit

In a statement, regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) said "it has fixed/revised the prices in respect of 39 formulation packs..."

01 Jun 2015

High Court stays Rs 1.35 cr demand slapped on Novartis by NPPA

Novartis, in its plea, claimed that the government by a June 14, 2013 notification had revised the price of its drug, Regestrone, used for regulating women's menstrual cycle.

Pharma companies

04 May 2015

NPPA warns drug cos over non-registration with online database

With just 41 out of top 100 pharma firms responding to its direction to register for online database, drug price regulator NPPA has warned to take action if the rest of the companies did not comply with its order immediately.

15 Mar 2015

NPPA yet to recover Rs 3,680 cr for drug price overcharging

Drug price regulator NPPA is still to recover Rs 3,680.43 crore from various pharmaceutical companies for overcharging, while almost 95 per cent of the amount is under litigation.

Online database

05 Aug 2014

Govt developing online database to monitor drug prices

The government is developing an online database system that will require pharmaceutical companies to submit information in order to enable NPPA to control drug price effectively.

01 Aug 2014

Delhi HC refuses to stay order fixing prices of over 100 drugs

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to stay the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority order fixing prices of over 100 non- scheduled drugs.

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