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Abbott India stops importing Xience Alpine stentsAbbott becomes the first company to officially stop imports of the drug-eluting cardiac stents on account of the price curbs.- US stents dip in distribution in India after price capsAt the same time, Indian firms upped their share of the market to 61% in 2017 from 57% in 2016 after marginally increasing their distributi...
- Government blocks companies from withdrawing stents until December 2017The Department of Pharmaceuticals has directed stent importers and domestic manufacturers to maintain their production, import and supply f...
- Government forbids cos from withdrawing stents until December to prevent shortageThe move may affect multinational cos that have been trying to withdraw their high-end stents from India after the drug pricing watchdog ca...
- Government to revisit stent price control in FebruaryThe government is expected to hold discussions to decide on these requests only in February, a year after it first capped prices of these l...
- Centre cracks whip, no stent can be withdrawn, for nowThe department of pharmaceuticals (DoP) said it had come across reports regarding shortage of coronary stents in the market and in hospital...
- Government invokes emergency clause to maintain supply of stentsThe move comes in the wake of various multinationals, including Abbott and Medtronic, seeking permission to withdraw some of their products...
- There is no shortage of coronary stents in the country, claims govtAs per the government, the NPPA was closely monitoring the situation and has alerted the state governments and state drugs controllers to m...
- No shortage of stents in the country: NPPAThe National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) met stent makers and importers today to discuss issues like pricing and availability o...
- NPPA asks hospitals, doctors to report stents shortageThe regulator has been taking several steps to ensure stents are available under its prescribed price list as reports emerged that there we...
- NPPA sends show cause notices to hospitals over stent overpricing allegationsThese show cause notices have been sent after preliminary investigations into these allegations, the regulator disclosed on its official ac...
- Max Healthcare, Lilavati deny overcharging on stentsWe have not overcharged even a single patient for stent. We have complied fully and immediately with the NPPA order on stent pricing, a Max...
- Top hospitals under regulator’s lens for overcharging patients for stentsThe department of pharmaceutical has also invoked special provisions under the DPCO to ensure compliance with the pricing order as well as ...
- 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 ...
- NPPA warns stent makers, importers against shortageLast week, the government had slashed prices of stents by up to 85 per cent by capping them at Rs 7,260 for bare metal ones and Rs 29,600 f...
- Supply all stent brands, government tells companiesUnder the Section 3 (i) of DPCO, 2013, the govt can regulate distribution and direct any manufacturer to increase production and sell produ...
- Stent companies fight to stay afloat, but patients wary after capFollowing the NPPA decision, some companies have reportedly withdrawn high-priced stents, leading to an artificial shortage of the product.
- Price cap on stents opens the floodgates for new realitiesA cardiologist who spoke to ET on condition of anonymity said some companies, especially importers, have asked hospitals not to use stents ...
- Government to act against firms creating artificial shortage of stentsThere are reports of shortages of stents in hospitals after the government reduced their prices by up to 85 per cent by capping rates of ba...
- Government warns of action against stent hoardersThere have been reports of “artificial” shortage of stents since National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) capped prices of these li...
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