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High Court restrains NPPA from action against AstraZenecaThe Delhi High Court has issued a temporary restraining order against the NPPA's actions toward AstraZeneca Pharma. This order remains in e...- Hospitals overcharge patients upto 700% on medicines while India makes some of the world’s lowest priced drugs: Centre admits to SCGovt has told Supreme Court that hospitals overcharging patients for medicines and medical consumables is a malpractice. Its affidavit cite...
- Cashless health insurance claims: What policyholders can do when hospitals and insurers clash over bills, approvals, and deductionsInflated bills, delayed approvals, arbitrary deductions. As hospitals and insurers trade charges, policyholders are left footing the bill. ...
- Drugmakers may bear sole responsibility for overpricing essential medicines under NPPA proposalThe National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority aims to hold drug manufacturers solely accountable for the excessive pricing of essential med...
- Govt recovers just 12% of Rs 4,959 crore drug overcharging fineOf the total, about 1,282 cases have been registered under Drug (Prices Control) Order 1995, while 184 cases under the DPCO 2013.
- Drug overcharging case: Supreme Court directs Cipla to pay Rs 175.07 croreThe authority has charged Cipla of charging higher prices for a set of drugs than the ceiling price based on a fixed formula.
- NPPA yet to recover Rs 3,680 cr for drug price overchargingOf the total 620 medicines under this list, NPPA has fixed the prices of 509 drugs so far, while prices of 102 medicine have not been fixed.
- Life-saving drugs to show government-fixed rates in bold red from January 2015It will enable consumers, who are presently highly dependent on doctors and chemists, to make an informed choice while purchasing medicines.
- Supreme Court ruling on GSK sends drug sector into huddleNational Pharma Pricing Authority is studying the judgement and will begin the exercise of calculating the amount overcharged by drug compa...
- Overcharging set to cost pharma companies full sales revenue of drugA drug maker found overcharging will have to shell out the entire sales revenue of the medicine from the date of its launch as penalty, acc...
- Drug makers face penalty for overchargingDrug manufacturing companies such as Cipla, Ranbaxy, Johnson & Johnson and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) may have to pay over Rs 2,038 cror...
- HC asks Modi-Mundipharma to part-pay before appealAllahabad High Court has asked Delhi-based drug firm Modi-Mundipharma to deposit half of the Rs 41 crore it allegedly overcharged consumers...
- Pharma cos may face penalties for overpricingDrugmakers, such as Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Wyeth, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals and Alkem Laboratories, may now have to face stat...
- SC dismisses GSK petitionThe Supreme Court dismissed a petition by drug major GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd (GSK) seeking to restrain the government from taki...
- SC dismisses GSK plea; NPPA to recover 'overcharged' amountThe apex court's decision gives the drug regulator a free hand to recover the amount from the company.
- 'Price control is necessary in drug market'The government has tried to keep the prices of many essential drugs under check through the Drug (Prices Control) Order (DPCO), 1995. The N...
- Overcharging drug cos may have to cough up huge finesDrug companies including Ranbaxy Laboratories, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) and Lupin may have to pay over Rs 1,600 crore as penalties for...
- Drug regulator needs ‘power’ doseDrug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has been rendered a mute spectator as drug companies continue to flee...
- Cipla, Ranbaxy may be fined for 'overcharging'Pharma majors like Cipla, Ranbaxy and US Vitamin (India) may have to cough up over Rs 1,563 crore for overcharging customers on price-contr...
- Drug makers may lose their licence for price violationThe government is arming itself with greater powers through a new law to rein in pharma corporations violating price control notifications.
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