Rising costs of key chemicals choke production at drug ingredient makersIndia's bulk-drug manufacturers are facing a severe cost crisis as prices of key solvents and intermediates have surged due to supply disru...
25 Mar, 2026, 11.28 AM IST
Raw nerve: Drugs may get costlier as prices of ingredients surge 30%India's medicine prices are poised for a sharp increase due to a 30% surge in raw material costs, driven by container ship scarcity followi...
11 Mar, 2026, 09.07 AM IST
Essential medicines will cost you a bit more from April 1Beginning April 1, prices for essential drugs like painkillers, antibiotics, and anti-diabetic medicines will rise by 1.74%. The increase i...
28 Mar, 2025, 12.44 AM IST
Prices of 800 essential drugs to increase a tad from April 1After massive annual increases of 12% and 10% in prices on record last year and in 2022, this will be a meagre increase for the pharma indu...
15 Mar, 2024, 12.15 AM IST
Don't expect any more pricing pressures going forward: Krishna Prasad ChigurupatiOur supply chains have been quite stable for a long time even though we still continue to buy some products from China.
25 Jan, 2023, 12.11 PM IST
Costs of 127 medicines set to go down post NPPA's 5th price capAmong the 127 medications on the NPPA's list are paracetamol, amoxycillin, rabeprazole, and metformin. Patients frequently make use of many...
22 Dec, 2022, 10.50 AM IST
Is the alleged chicanery of prescribing Dolo-650 just another example of doctors trapping you in hunger for freebies?Dolo-650 being unethically prescribed to patients during the pandemic is just the latest example of drug companies’ malpractices, senior ad...
23 Aug, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
No increase effected by govt in medicine prices: Mansukh Mandaviya"There are some essential medicines linked to WPI that can see rise or fall automatically as per the WPI movement. These are drugs that are...
04 Apr, 2022, 06.33 PM IST
Essential medicines to get expensive by more than 10 per cent from AprilThe NLEM list includes drugs like paracetamol, antibiotics like azithromycin, used to treat bacterial infections, anti-anaemia, vitamins an...
01 Apr, 2022, 07.59 PM IST
Sales of immunity boosters soar amid rise in casesAccording to doctors, as the Covid-19 cases start to increase, people start taking immunity boosters as a precautionary measure, as they se...
11 Jan, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
Costs of raw material for drugs rise by up to 140%API prices of certain drugs like fever and pain relief drug paracetamol and life-saving antibiotic Meropenem (also used for Covid), and ant...
20 Jul, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
Covid-19: Key drugs, steroids in short supply; input costs surgeTwo anti-virals — Remdesivir and Favipiravir — and Tocilizumab injections being used in the Covid-19 treatment have witnessed massive short...
21 May, 2021, 10.22 AM IST
API makers surge up to 110% in 50 days as virus hits Chinese exportsBrokerage sees coronavirus crisis as a positive for companies like Granules India and Natco.
20 Feb, 2020, 12.15 PM IST
Paracetamol, injections to cost as much as 35% lessInjections are more commonly used in cases of high fever from dengue and chikungunya. Government data till September 18 shows 78 people die...
27 Sep, 2016, 11.54 AM IST
- Sanofi India launches new product in headache segment
Healthcare service provider Sanofi India, is aiming at a four per cent market share in the headache segment currently valued at Rs 233 crore
15 Feb, 2013, 04.27 PM IST
- Pharma cos say shortage looms
Costly imports of ingredients from China may take 20% drugs off shelf.
17 Jun, 2008, 12.47 AM IST
- Bulk drug cos halve output on soaring ingredient costs
Faced with a short supply and sharp increase in cost of raw materials imported from China, bulk drug manufactures in India have started sca...
07 Jun, 2008, 12.30 AM IST