NPPA caps trade margins to 30 percent for 42 cancer drugs Meghna A Singhania28 Feb 2019 9:20 AM ISTAs per data available with NPPA, the MRP for 105 brands will be reduced up to 85 per cent entailing minimum saving of Rs 105 crore to consumers, it...
Relief to Foreign Drugmakers: No price cap on innovative drugs for first five years Farhat Nasim5 Jan 2019 10:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Through a recent Gazette notice the Central Government has made amendments to the Drugs Prices Control Orders (DPCO),2013 which aim to...
Price control, ad-hoc regulatory changes may hamper pharma sector growth: Pfizer Ruby Khatun Khatun3 Sept 2018 10:30 AM ISTMumbai: Pharma major Pfizer fears that the pharma industry is expected to face challenges from price controls, ad-hoc regulatory changes and new...
NPPA notifies prices of 65 essential formulations Ruby Khatun Khatun19 Dec 2017 5:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: National drug pricing regulator NPPA said it has notified prices of 65 essential formulations, including those used for the treatment of...
MTaI response to knee implant price control Ruby Khatun Khatun16 Dec 2017 10:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Patient access is an indisputable goal. The ways governments try to reach it are many. The easier methods are usually unfruitful. A deeper...
Now non-essential drugs fall under price control Ruby Khatun Khatun23 Oct 2017 5:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government's push for a change in the method of price calculation methodology for new drugs can lead to non-essential drugs coming...
MTaI urges govt to look at sub-categorization of devices Ruby Khatun Khatun21 Sept 2017 11:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: The medical technology industry has reached out to the government to look at sub-sectoring and sub-categorization of medical devices on the...