Jammu pharmaceutical distributors urge Prime Minister Modi to pass directions on MRP"The larger mandate of the NPPA was to seal the MRP keeping in view the margins allowed under the Drug Price Control Order to the wholesale...
30 Dec, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
Pharma companies cut remdesivir injection prices on govt intervention: NPPAMinister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya held meetings with drug manufacturers and other stakeholders on April 12 ...
18 Apr, 2021, 06.58 AM IST
Drug-makers may have to declare `ex-factory' price on medicine packsThe proposal has perturbed pharma cos as it will put their manufacturing cost, profits and margins in the public domain.
10 Oct, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
NPPA asks hospitals, stent makers to list prices on websitesThe instructions are being issued in public interest for compliance of ceiling prices by stent makers, distributors and hospitals, the NPPA...
28 Feb, 2017, 07.21 PM IST
79 demand notices issued to drug cos for overcharging: GovtMinister Mandaviya said NPPA is taking action against companies which increased the prices of non-scheduled medicines.
07 Dec, 2016, 07.12 PM IST
Wockhardt, Alembic challenge NPPA's price revision move in Delhi HCThis comes closely after the Mumbai High Court granted an interim order to members of two pharma lobby groups opposing the drug pricing wat...
13 May, 2016, 03.17 AM IST
NPPA directs pharma companies to pass on lower excise duty benefitMedicine prices are set to become cheaper with drug pricing regulator NPPA directing drug makers to pass on benefits of lower excise duty t...
19 Mar, 2015, 05.42 PM IST
- Pharma companies open to milder alternative pricing mechanism
This will help allay government's fears of a spiraling of medicine prices if a market-based model, originally sought by the pharma companie...
16 May, 2012, 04.37 AM IST
- Lupin challenges tuberculosis drug price fixed by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
Lupin has challenged the maximum retail price fixed by the country’s drug price regulator for its anti-tuberculosis brands and a new asthma...
07 Nov, 2011, 03.54 AM IST
- Pharma cos to hike insulin prices by up to 15%
Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority allows cos to up MRP of popular insulin brands by 15%.
26 Jan, 2010, 06.17 AM IST
- Small drug cos oppose MRP-based excise duty
The small scale pharmaceutical industry has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s help to remove anomalies created by maximum retail price...
01 Jan, 2009, 05.55 AM IST
- GSK wants change in pricing norms
Multinational drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has demanded that excise duty and other taxes, which form part of the retail price of medicin...
06 Aug, 2008, 02.00 AM IST
- Small pharma companies to get pricing antidote
The government is believed to be considering a proposal to free from price control about 5,000 small pharma companies having turnover of up...
24 Jul, 2008, 02.40 AM IST
- Price regulator wants pharma cos to pass on duty cut benefits
Drug price regulator's decision to immediately pass on the benefit of excise duty cuts announced in the budget is likely to expose many pha...
14 Apr, 2008, 02.43 AM IST
- Generics price cut may cause Rs 50-cr revenue loss for govt
The price reduction agreement for generic drugs worked out between the chemicals ministry and the pharmaceutical industry is likely to resu...
02 Oct, 2006, 12.54 AM IST
- Imported drugs get six-month extension for MRP compliance
It will take six more months before you see the maximum retail price (MRP), inclusive of local taxes, printed on consumer packs of imported...
07 Sep, 2006, 01.16 AM IST
- Drug prices likely to fall by up to 4%
Never mind the therapeutic benefit of your anti-diabetic medicine, you will pay less for it, thanks to VAT.
19 Jun, 2004, 01.42 AM IST