Why is the 2026 Social Security 2.8% COLA failing against 3.3% inflation? Is your retirement check shrinking?Social Security COLA 2026 Inflation Gap: Why 2.8% Increase Trails 3.3% Senior Inflation. The 2.8% Social Security COLA for 2026 is failing....
30 Apr, 2026, 10.27 PM IST
Pharma bodies bat for 'One Molecule One MRP' policyRepresentatives of several small and medium pharma companies have suggested that the government adopt a "one molecule-one MRP" formula inst...
26 Jul, 2022, 06.07 AM IST
SC asks government to explain shift in drug pricing formulaUnder the new policy, instead of the earlier cost-plus policy, the govt would go by the average market price of best-selling brands to dete...
06 Oct, 2017, 11.25 AM IST
NPPA may cut stent prices by more than 50 per centThe drug-pricing regulator's proposals have added fuel to an ongoing debate about which formula for capping these devices would improve pat...
16 Jan, 2017, 12.29 AM IST
CII seeks PM Narendra Modi's intervention over drug price fixingShaw claimed that Indian manufacturers of APIs or bulk drugs have been unable to compete with Chinese rivals and many are shutting factorie...
28 Jul, 2014, 06.07 PM IST
- Govt mulls new price formula for patented drugs
The Department of Pharmaceutical has come up with a formula to price patented drugs in order to end a constant irritant for global drug mak...
27 Feb, 2013, 04.57 AM IST
Drug pricing policy: Government plans price cap for combination drugsThe upcoming drug pricing policy may deter manufacturers from continuing to lace their essential life saving drugs with supplements.
08 Feb, 2013, 07.34 AM IST
Key drugs may see 30% price cutGoM is understood to have finalized a fresh pricing mechanism, which will lead to a sharper reduction in drug prices, as against what was c...
22 Nov, 2012, 12.50 PM IST
Sunday ET: Drug pricing formula: Lawyers differ with Supreme CourtThe government’s top lawyers have said that it is not bound by a recent SC order asking the government not to tweak the cost-based formula ...
04 Nov, 2012, 04.57 AM IST
- New drug pricing formula to cost Ranbaxy, GSK Dr Reddy's & others Rs 1,300 crore
A govt panel will recommend fixing retail prices of 348 drugs at weighted average price of brands with over 1% market share.
29 Sep, 2012, 05.45 AM IST
- AIOCD for drug pricing on median price with over 1% mkt share
Welcoming the government's draft proposal on drug pricing policy, the chemist body said the Centre should also decide the weighted average ...
09 Jul, 2012, 08.04 PM IST
- GoM on drug pricing defers decision26 Apr, 2012, 06.13 PM IST
- Pharma NGO AIDAN flays drug pricing policy
All India Drug Action Network rejects draft proposal saying it legitimises overpricing and justifies super profit.
28 Nov, 2011, 05.49 AM IST
- States say drug cos not keeping word
State governments have started throwing their weight behind the Centre, which is about to finalise a new drug policy allowing the governmen...
25 Oct, 2007, 01.11 AM IST
- It's advantage consumers as top drug brands face price cut
Consumers using blockbuster drug brands are set to benefit more from the government’s proposed drug pricing formula.
04 Jan, 2007, 02.00 AM IST
- Tax sops not the way to cut drug prices: DEA
Even as a government-industry panel is scheduled to discuss a new drug pricing formula on Wednesday, the Department of Economic Affairs (DE...
23 Aug, 2006, 01.11 AM IST
- Plan panel opposes drug price formula
The Planning Commission has opposed the proposal to tighten government control on drug prices and questioned the new pricing formula’s fund...
08 Aug, 2006, 02.03 AM IST