SII's cervical cancer vaccine to be available in market this month at Rs 2000 for two dosesAccording to an official source, Singh has written a letter to the Union Health Ministry mentioning that the price of its HPV vaccine for t...
09 Feb, 2023, 06.17 PM IST
Regulate medical devices in phased manner: CompaniesThe National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) has called a meeting with stakeholders on July 1 to ensure that medical devices aren’...
27 Jun, 2020, 12.11 AM IST
Hospitals still not displaying medical device prices, consumer groups sayAs per survey, 50% of the respondents said that medical devices they came across, did not have MRPs.
22 Jul, 2019, 09.33 AM IST
Retail prices of syringes marked up as much as 664%, shows new reportThe report, which has analysed available data on the trade margins of these products, has also found the retail prices of needles to be mar...
07 Mar, 2018, 10.26 AM IST
Domestic firms volunteer to drop syringe, needle prices over 50%According to an industry executive who did not wish to be named, the domestically manufactured syringes and needles market together is esti...
22 Dec, 2017, 06.15 AM IST
Rein in MRP or government will, syringe makers toldThe NPPA had issued notice to the hospital following allegations of over-charging by the parents of the girl who died after leaving the hos...
21 Dec, 2017, 10.26 AM IST
Government to cap profits made by hospitals to stop overcharging“The govt has formed a nine-member committee to look into the issue of overcharging by private hospitals. The panel will submit its finding...
14 Dec, 2017, 11.34 AM IST
Max Hospital makes profit of up to 525% on syringes: CCIThe investigation report detailed how the extracting of such "huge profits margins" from inpatients was prevalent across all 14 hospitals o...
07 Dec, 2017, 10.17 AM IST
Max Super Specialty made excessive profits on disposable syringes: CCICCI in 2015 ordered a probe into allegations that the hospital had colluded with multinational syringe maker Becton Dickinson’s Indian arm ...
07 Dec, 2017, 01.53 AM IST
Why you pay 2 to 5 times the wholesale price on medical devicesThe bulk of the category of IV diagnostics, which includes lab reagents and accessories, constituting 10%, is also out of any sort of monit...
09 Jul, 2017, 01.31 PM IST
MRP of stents, valves must now be declaredThe new rules also makes it mandatory for ecommerce firms to mention MRP of products, which is aimed at ending any ambiguity.
30 Jun, 2017, 03.00 PM IST
One product, one MRP: Government to disallow differential pricing at airports, malls and cinemasHigher prices for packaged goods at airports, malls to go. Medical devices have to display MRP. These rules will come into effect from Janu...
30 Jun, 2017, 09.58 AM IST
MRP, other info of products sold online mandatory from 2018The government said that the rules have been amended to enhance consumer protection, but at the same time balancing with the requirement of...
29 Jun, 2017, 10.01 PM IST
Medical devices notified as drugs must carry printed MRP: NPPAThese devices are non-scheduled formulations and their sales are governed by the provisions of DPCO 2013, the notification said.
10 Mar, 2017, 08.29 PM IST
Daylight robbery: Private hospitals prescribing medicines worth Rs 15,200 despite a Rs 800 alternative being availableOne of the main reasons behind this fleecing is that the more expensive the drug, the more profit the hospital makes on retail margins.
24 Jul, 2016, 12.34 PM IST
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority asks companies to reveal MRPs of medical devicesThe FDA report gave several examples of drug eluting stents being imported for about Rs 40,000 but with the MRP shown as approximately Rs 1...
10 Dec, 2014, 11.34 AM IST
Patients pay three times import price for stentsMost patients are forced to pay anything between Rs 60,000 and Rs 1 lakh or more for cardiac drug eluting stents (DES).
15 Sep, 2014, 11.05 AM IST