Anti-diabetes drugs and patented antivirals to get cheaper, NLEM notifiedFor the first time, patented drugs like anti-TB bedaquiline and delamanid, anti-HIV Dolutegravir and anti-hepatitis C daclatasvir are also ...
12 Nov, 2022, 09.02 PM IST
Getting patented meds on NLEM list an uphill battle says committee memberAs many as 34 new drugs were added and 26 dropped from an updated list of essential medicines.For the first time patented drugs like anti-T...
15 Sep, 2022, 09.32 AM IST
Pharma Industry staring at 30-40 bps hit on updated NLEMManchanda added that the anti-infectives treating HIV, TB and drug cessation treatments in the list doesn't have a major impact on margins ...
15 Sep, 2022, 12.00 AM IST
Lancet report on unapproved antibiotic use in India is 'misleading, inappropriate': Govt officialProf. Y K Gupta, a senior pharmacologist and vice chairman of the Standing National Committee on Medicines (SNCM) which prepared the Nation...
14 Sep, 2022, 05.30 PM IST
Diabetes, patented TB, HIV drugs enter essential listPopular anti-diabetes drug teneligliptin, insulin glargine injection, Common antibiotics like meropenem, Cefuroxime have been included in t...
14 Sep, 2022, 12.27 AM IST
Essential medicines list: Govt adds 34 new drugs, drops 26; all you need to knowSeveral anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics and vaccines will now become more affordable as they are among 34 new additions to the National List...
13 Sep, 2022, 08.16 PM IST
Several antibiotics, other drugs may get cheaperMedicines and devices listed in the NLEM must be sold at the prices set by National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA), while those i...
13 Sep, 2022, 12.36 AM IST
Experts to decide on inclusion and exclusion of antibiotics from NLEM todayGovernment-appointed experts have been tasked with preparing the new NLEM to decide on which group of antibiotics should be included and ex...
09 Jan, 2020, 09.26 AM IST
Revised NLEM to classify antibiotics by usageNew advice differentiating common antibiotics from those to be used for most serious medical conditions is likely in the revised National L...
09 Jan, 2020, 07.49 AM IST
Govt may expand essential meds list, cut price of drugsThe Standing National Committee on Medicines (SCAM), headed by the secretary department of health research and ICMR director general Balram...
05 Nov, 2019, 11.00 AM IST
Access to life saving medicines will be maintained: GovtThe price caps imposed so far on NLEM 2015 medicines has saved consumers nearly Rs2,300 crore due to reduced prices, according to the minis...
27 Sep, 2016, 06.38 PM IST
Rs 2,288 cr savings for consumers after NLEM 2015: GovernmentCeiling prices of 464 formulations (amounting to nearly 7,000 different stock keeping units) have been fixed by the government after the an...
27 Sep, 2016, 04.02 PM IST
No permission given to hike drug prices beyond limits: GovernmentThe government has brought down the prices of 404 medicines under NLEM 2015 (revised schedule-I) of the Drug Price Control Order 2013, Anan...
19 Jul, 2016, 04.27 PM IST
Pharma sector grows 7.7 per cent in May; FDC ban weighsUnder the non-NLEM category, growth in May for domestic players and MNCs almost doubled to 9 per cent and 7.1 pc as against April's 4.6 pc ...
12 Jun, 2016, 02.03 PM IST
Revision in National List of Essential Medicines to help save up to 20%The overall coverage of new medicines being added to the NLEM will be nearly Rs 8,000 crore in the organized pharma retail market.
31 Dec, 2015, 01.12 PM IST
Cipla, Pfizer, Sun take hit on NLEM price cutThe revision of the National List of Essential Medicines will have an impact on companies like Cipla, Pfizer and Sun pharma according to an...
30 Dec, 2015, 10.35 PM IST
NPPA invites comments on Tata Memorial list of cancer drugs"(this is) on revision of NLEM 2011 with respect to addition/ deletion of drugs relating to oncology from price control and affordability a...
27 Nov, 2014, 04.33 PM IST