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Maharashtra FDA trains guns on overpriced drugsMaharashtra FDA plans to approach the NPPA regarding exorbitant drug prices. The agency is examining data and will take action against unet...31 Jul, 2026, 01.42 AM IST- New rules simplify drug launches, reduce manufacturer liability for overchargingNew rules now allow drug manufacturers to launch similar medicines without prior price approval, streamlining market entry. Companies can s...02 Jul, 2026, 11.55 PM IST
- Cancer drug prices raised 50% as NPPA acts on shortage concernsIndia's drug pricing authority has approved a 50% price hike for essential anti-cancer drugs carboplatin and cisplatin. This decision follo...11 Jun, 2026, 09.31 PM IST
- FOPE urges pause on NPPA notice, citing potential losses for pharma industryFOPE said that the manufactures follow the rules as laid down in the DPCO, 2013. At the same time, manufacturers look to NPPA to fix the pr...14 Feb, 2024, 10.16 AM IST
- Violation of drug price control order: Drug cos under NPPA lens for self-exemption from price capPricing watchdog has found that companies such as Lupin and Boehringer Ingelheim launched products bypassing the regulatory framework. The ...16 Dec, 2019, 08.31 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
- Private hospitals making up to 1,737% profit on drugs, finds NPPA studyNPPA's study found that "the major beneficiaries of profits in all these cases because of inflated MRPs have been hospitals rather than dru...20 Feb, 2018, 07.09 PM IST
- NPPA fixes retail price of 30 drug formulationsThe National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has also revised the prices of three formulations, including that of anti cancer drug ...17 Jan, 2018, 09.22 PM IST
- No plans to revamp NPPA: GovernmentIn a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh L Mandaviya said the governmen...05 Jan, 2018, 05.00 PM IST
- NPPA may lose absolute power to fix drug prices under new policyNPPA presently functions as an autonomous body that regulates prices of medicines under National List of Essential Medicines and monitors p...18 Aug, 2017, 12.35 AM IST
- NPPA to penalise companies offering freebies on stent salesInstances have come to the notice of NPPA that few companies dealing with coronary stents have come up with freebies by announcing schemes.20 Apr, 2017, 10.48 PM IST
- Hospitals can't refuse to sell patients the stents they demand: NPPAIn case of non-compliance of NPPA's instructions, the regulator said it may be constrained to invoke provisions of legal prosecution under ...23 Feb, 2017, 11.39 PM IST
- Pharma industry faults NPPA's latest move to cut drug pricesNPPA, on its part, has asserted that it would stand its ground should the issue go to court as its notification is correct as per law and u...22 Apr, 2016, 03.45 PM IST
- NPPA backs ban on 'irrational' drugs, revises price fixation guidelinesIndia's drug pricing watchdog National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has moved in to back the health ministry.23 Mar, 2016, 12.24 PM IST
- Drug price regulator NPPA seeks to recover Rs 4,551 crore for overchargingNPPA is trying to recover a whopping Rs 4,551 crore, including interest, from various pharma companies for overcharging as of February this...08 Mar, 2016, 05.22 PM IST
- Prices of around 12,000 drug SKUs decline in January: NPPAPrices of around 12,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) of medicines have come down during January this year as a consequence of implementation ...31 Jul, 2015, 10.45 PM IST
- NPPA asked to revisit decision on prices for insulin: Srikant Kumar JenaThe DoP has asked NPPA to revisit the decision of fixing ceiling prices of various insulin formulations in the wake of review applications ...02 May, 2013, 06.21 PM IST
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