OPPI members reiterate commitment to address coronavirus situation in IndiaThe Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) on monday reassured availability of adequate supplies of medicines amid the co...
16 Mar, 2020, 04.16 PM IST
Committed to quality and accessible healthcare services: OPPIOPPI, which represents research-driven pharma companies in India, has continued its advocacy for an environment that allows innovation in m...
28 Sep, 2014, 01.38 PM IST
OPPI asks Department of Pharmaceuticals to make Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices a statutory codeThis would lead to increased levels of transparency and accountability across the healthcare industry and remove ambiguity.
19 Aug, 2014, 07.30 PM IST
Budget 2013: OPPI seeks tax benefits for contract manufacturing and R&D activitiesOPPI feels that while India provides an attractive low cost destination to outsource R&D activities.
28 Feb, 2013, 09.38 AM IST
Budget 2013: Cut excise duty on inputs to 6%, says OPPIThe OPPI has pitched in for the rationalisation of central excise duty rate of inputs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients or API) from 12% t...
12 Feb, 2013, 06.27 PM IST
Budget 2013: OPPI seeks customs duty exemption to life saving drugsOPPI justified its argument by stating that it is imperative that critical life saving drugs be made available to the patients at reduced p...
07 Feb, 2013, 03.51 PM IST
- Budget 2013: OPPI proposes flexibility in using multiple year data
The single year data pertaining to the year of international transaction is most often not available at the time of carrying out the benchm...
04 Feb, 2013, 03.11 PM IST
Budget 2013: OPPI bids for removal of customs duty on import of Un-denatured EthanolOPPI indicated that import of Pharma Grade Un-denatured Ethanol used in manufacture of anti-cancer formulations should enjoy exemption/redu...
01 Feb, 2013, 03.41 PM IST
Budget 2013: OPPI presses for exemption of excise duty for physician samplesThe OPPI has asked for the exemption from levy of central excise duty for physician samples as in line with exemption from levy of VAT in B...
01 Feb, 2013, 03.36 PM IST
- Budget 2013: OPPI suggests notification of Specific Safe Harbor Rules
OPPI explained that Safe Harbor has been defined to mean 'circumstances' in which the revenue authorities shall accept the transfer pricing...
01 Feb, 2013, 02.59 PM IST
- Budget 2013: Restore tolerance band's earlier limit of 5%, demands OPPI
OPPI says that the Indian transfer pricing regulations advocate the use of arithmetic mean for computation of Arm’s Length Price.
01 Feb, 2013, 02.38 PM IST
- Budget 2013: Recognise the use of inter-quartile range to determine ALP, demands OPPI
OPPI suggests that instead, the regulations should prescribe for the use of inter-quartile range, which would be a better representative of...
01 Feb, 2013, 02.20 PM IST
- Budget 2013: OPPI suggests option to rollback APA
OPPI, however, said that current guidelines do not provide for roll back of APAs i.e., its applicability to past open litigation.
01 Feb, 2013, 02.20 PM IST
- Budget 2013: OPPI seeks amendment in Specified Domestic Transactions
OPPI has proposed that Budget 2013 should amend Specified Domestic Transactions. The proposed amendment seeks to cover a situation wherein ...
01 Feb, 2013, 02.20 PM IST
Budget 2013: Reduce customs and excise duty on nutraceuticals, supplements, says OPPIAccording to OPPI, basic customs duty(BCD) for health supplements should be slashed to 10% and additional customs duty(ACD)/central excise ...
01 Feb, 2013, 01.41 PM IST
Budget 2013: OPPI wants cut in customs duty for import of drugs, vaccinesOPPI has asked for a cut in the additional customs duty(ACD) to 2% from 6% on import of vaccines, specified medicaments and health suppleme...
01 Feb, 2013, 01.40 PM IST
- Sustaining growth of pharmaceutical industry in long term a challenge, says top pharma body
Sustaining pharma industry growth is a challenge due to uncertainties and lack of ecosystem that fosters innovation, OPPI president said.
15 Sep, 2012, 09.18 PM IST