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Centre caps trade margin for pulse oximeters, 4 other devices at 70%; new prices by July 20

Existing margins for the five medical devices brought under trade margin rationalisation range from 3 per cent to 709 per centThe revised prices will come into effect from July 20, 2021

2 min read13 Jul 2021
Companies

Curbs on China skew bulk drugs market

Local monopolies may soon lead to supply constraints and price increases, say analysts

2 min read14 Oct 2020
News

Domestic knee implant market share rises by 11% in 2 years

The move is aimed at ensuring accessibility of necessary medical devices to the common man at affordable and genuine costNPPA on 16th August, 2017 for the first time fixed the ceiling price of orthopaedic knee implants for a period of one year

1 min read17 Sep 2020
Companies

NPPA exempts Merril's MeRes 100 stent from price caps despite safety concern

The NPPA had in February 2017 put prices of cardiac stents under price control after the government had classified these as drugsThe All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) last year had raised concerns related to the safety of the product

1 min read29 Feb 2020
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NPPA raises ceiling price of 21 essential medicines by 50%

These essential life saving medicines include BCG vaccine, anti-malaria drug Chloroquine, anti-leprosy drug DapsoneThe increase in prices of these key drugs was on account of a sharp rise in the cost of active pharmaceutical ingredients from China

2 min read13 Dec 2019
Companies

Capping knee implant prices helped increase sales, says drug pricing regulator

NPPA says it has seen a 30% increase in the sale of orthopaedic implants between July 2018 and July 2019The price of the widely-used cobalt chromium knee implants were capped at ₹54,720, down 65% from ₹1.5 lakh

2 min read11 Sep 2019
Politics

Stent makers fail to convince panel on differential pricing

Govt-led panel met firms this month to re-examine if all drug-eluting stents were equalThe NPPA capped prices of bare metal stents and drug-eluting stents on 13 February 2017

2 min read28 Aug 2019
Science

Government shortlists hygiene products to be brought under price control

Medicines and devices listed in NLEM must be sold at the price fixed by the NPPAThose in the non-scheduled list are allowed a maximum annual price hike of 10%

2 min read25 Aug 2019
Politics

Knee implants cost won't rise beyond 10% in a year, assures govt

The applicability of ceiling prices fixed for orthopaedic knee implants was extended for another one year, up to August 15, 2019Accordingly, the cost of knee implants was reduced significantly, up to 69%, resulting in a notional saving of ₹1,500 crore per annum to the consumers

1 min read13 Aug 2019
Science

Government may bring dialysis fluid, hearing aids and intraocular lens

Medicines and devices listed in NLEM must be sold at the price fixed by the NPPAA newly-constituted committee on the NLEM has identified these products for price control

2 min read7 Aug 2019
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