Good news for diabetes & BP patients: Govt cuts prices of these 30 medicines, relief may reach pharmacies soonThe National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed retail prices for 30 essential drug formulations, including those for diabet...
01 Jun, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
More macro headwinds on the cards? Tackle them with core principles: 6 pharma stocks with upside potential of up to 28%There was a time when the Indian pharma story in the US was almost entirely about inspection risk. The US FDA would inspect a plant, a warn...
31 May, 2026, 01.34 PM IST
Drug regulator oversight sought for nutraceuticals; NGO flags quality, pricing concernsA Gujarat NGO is pushing the government to regulate nutraceuticals like medicines. They cite concerns about product quality and unregulated...
19 Apr, 2026, 11.15 AM IST
Dr Reddy's gets nod to roll out generic oral semaglutide drug"The formulation was clinically evaluated in a head-to-head comparative study conducted in India, which established the non-inferiority to ...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.31 AM IST
Prices of key drugs hiked by 50%India's National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has raised the ceiling price of 11 essential drugs by 50% to ensure their availabi...
14 Oct, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
NPPA fixes retail price of 68 drug formulationsFurther, the authority has also fixed ceiling prices of three scheduled formulations.
02 Nov, 2018, 07.54 PM IST
NPPA fixes ceiling price of 92 drug formulationsDrug price regulator NPPA has fixed the ceiling price for 92 drug formulations, including those used for treatment of cancer, hepatitis C, ...
16 Aug, 2018, 02.48 PM IST
Prices of 851 essential drug formulations cut in past 2 year: GovernmentIn a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh L Mandaviya said the government has cut the pr...
13 Mar, 2018, 06.14 PM IST
NPPA fixes ceiling prices of 814 scheduled formulations"Price of drugs where partial increase is expected due to roll out of GST will not be passed on to consumers as NPPA is working out a mecha...
01 Jul, 2017, 09.11 PM IST
NPPA fixes prices of 33 essential drugsThe ceiling prices of 11 scheduled formulations have been notified while ceiling price of 22 scheduled formulations of have been revised
25 Jan, 2017, 08.45 PM IST
Prices of HIV, diabetes and angina drugs slashed by up to 44%The National Drug Pricing Regulator has also fixed the retail prices of 29 formulations.
23 Dec, 2016, 08.28 PM IST
Price fixation order of 108 drugs unaffected: National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority to High CourtMinistry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, by a notification, withdrew the earlier guidelines empowering the NPPA to fix prices of non-essentia...
15 Oct, 2014, 09.55 PM IST
Prices of 440 essential drugs cut: GovernmentThe Minister said of the 440 formulations under NLEM, prices of 113 drugs have been reduced by as much as 40 per cent.
18 Jul, 2014, 06.05 PM IST
Pharma companies told to reveal quarterly drug dataThe drug price regulator has asked pharmaceutical companies to disclose quarterly data on the amount of essential drugs they are producing.
07 Dec, 2013, 05.41 AM IST
Firms need to give 6 months notice to stop essential drugsThe government can ask the manufacturers to continue to produce required level of essential drugs, read Drug Price Control Order.
31 Mar, 2013, 10.39 AM IST
Pharma companies may share essential drugs production details with govtPharma companies may soon have to share their production records for essential drugs with the government under an upcoming drug pricing pol...
13 Feb, 2013, 08.53 AM IST
- Ministry, ind at odds as Cabinet takes up drug policy
The new drug policy, slated for the Cabinet’s consideration on Thursday, could effectively check the huge promotional expenses in a segment...
11 Jan, 2007, 02.04 AM IST