NPPA asks state regulators to ensure masks, sanitisers not sold above MRP"The state drug controllers (SDCs) and food and drugs administrators (FDAs) of all the states and union territories have been requested to ...
13 Mar, 2020, 06.03 PM IST
RK Vats to be new NPPA chairmanThis will be an additional charge for Vats, an Indian Administrative Services official from the 1986 West Bengal cadre.
06 Apr, 2018, 10.35 PM IST
The tightrope walk of India's drug-price regulatorET Online retraces here the tenures of NPPA chiefs. The question to ask: Is taking on the pharma and healthcare lobby injurious to the NPPA...
06 Mar, 2018, 07.07 PM IST
NPPA chief Bhupendra Singh to move to NACWCThe appointments committee of the Cabinet has appointed current NPPA chairman Bhupendra Singh to the National Authority for Chemical Weapon...
01 Mar, 2018, 09.34 AM IST
No price change in 78% of actively used drugs post GST: NPPAThese prices will be notified as formal revised ceiling prices immediately after GST notification, NPPA had said in a memorandum earlier th...
30 Jun, 2017, 06.13 PM IST
How the NPPA has transformed itself into a watchdog with teeth under Bhupindra SinghThe man leading the charge is NPPA Chairman Bhupindra Singh, 57, who took charge at the beginning of last year.
06 Mar, 2017, 12.53 AM IST
NPPA to launch app with key drug pricesThe drug pricing body seeks to hold drug companies and medicine retail outlets more accountable to patients through its new app, according ...
04 Aug, 2016, 02.25 AM IST
Now check medicine prices on Drug Pricing Authority app before buyingThe body seeks to hold drug companies and medicine retail outlets more accountable to patients through its app, according to NPPA chairman,...
03 Aug, 2016, 10.11 PM IST
NPPA issues notices to drug companies over violations of DPCO 2013NPPA has issued notices to major drug firms for failing to register products on online database IPDMS and not filing mandatory returns thro...
13 Jun, 2016, 05.47 PM IST
Wockhardt, Alembic challenge NPPA's price revision move in Delhi HCThis comes closely after the Mumbai High Court granted an interim order to members of two pharma lobby groups opposing the drug pricing wat...
13 May, 2016, 03.17 AM IST
NPPA to coordinate with state governments to combat overcharging by drug makersThe NPPA has also submitted plan to restructure organisation by creating two new divisions, for database management and in-house legal expe...
30 Jul, 2014, 08.59 AM IST
Injeti Srinivas appointed as NPPA ChairmanNPPA fixes, revises the prices of controlled bulk drugs and formulations in the country, enforces prices & availability of the medicines.
03 Jun, 2014, 05.16 PM IST
- NPPA sees 12-fold rise in penalties for overcharging from drug companies
NPPA also scans retail prices of essential medicines to save consumers from paying unreasonable prices. NPPA, which was set up in 1999, has...
14 Apr, 2009, 01.15 AM IST
- Drug regulator needs ‘power’ dose
Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has been rendered a mute spectator as drug companies continue to flee...
05 Nov, 2008, 12.53 AM IST
- NPPA chief takes over as pharma secy
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) chairman Ashok Kumar on Monday took over as the secretary in the newly-created department ...
08 Jul, 2008, 01.04 AM IST
- Consumer-driven NPPA web to snare errant drug cos
Chemicals and fertilisers minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday kickstarted a new online initiative aimed at resolving customer complaints ...
29 Feb, 2008, 02.10 AM IST
- NPPA to submit recommendations by end of the week
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) will submit its recommendations on the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) 2002, based on the ...
16 Apr, 2002, 06.45 PM IST