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Kamlesh Kumar Pant appointed as chairman of NPPA expresspharma
August 13, 2021
The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet appointed Kamlesh Kumar Pant, a 1993-batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre as the new chairman of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) as a part of senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle.
NPPA puts cap on trade margin of 42 non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines expresspharma
August 12, 2021
The key principles of price regulation by NPPA are the essentiality of drugs, control of prices of formulations and market-based pricing.
NPPA fixes retail prices for six formulations expresspharma
August 10, 2021
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the retail prices for six formulations under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013, based on the decision of the authority meeting held on 29th July, 2021.
NPPA fixes ceiling prices of 355 medicines and 882 formulations expresspharma
July 30, 2021
The authority fixes the ceiling prices of scheduled formulations as per the provisions of DPCO, 2013, and monitors the prices of non-scheduled drugs so as to ensure that their prices do not increase beyond 10 per cent in a year.
NPPA allows 50% price hike for ibuprofen, ranitidine, carbamazepine firstwordpharma
July 06, 2021
India’s pharmaceutical pricing regulator has allowed a one-time price hike of 50% for ibuprofen, ranitidine and carbamazepine, Business Standard reported.
AstraZeneca Pharma India files writ petition in Delhi High Court against NPPA demand notice expresspharma
July 01, 2021
The notice of demand alleges that the company has overcharged about Rs 157.38 crore from March 8, 2019 to January 31, 2021, for Tagrisso (Osimertinib) 80 mg tablets.
Govt in talks with manufacturers to ramp up availability of Amphotericin B to treat Mucormycosis expresspharma
May 13, 2021
States have been requested to put in place a mechanism for equitable distribution of supplies amongst government and private hospitals and healthcare agencies.
NPPA increases WPI by 0.53638 per cent, industry unhappy expresspharma
March 22, 2021
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has announced the increase of the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) by 0.53638 per cent.
NPPA extends ceiling prices of Heparin Injection till Sept 2021 expresspharma
March 19, 2021
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has extended the revised ceiling price of Heparin Injection 5000IU/ml and 1000 IU/ml upto September 2021.
Encourage members to adopt IPDMS: NPPA to pharma associations expresspharma
March 08, 2021
The authority has also requested pharma associations to provide information regarding member companies that have already registered and are regularly filing returns/forms through the platform.

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