NPPA Extends Revised Ceiling Price Of Blood Thinning Agent Heparin Till December 31,2022
New Delhi: The revised ceiling price of blood-thinning Heparin Injection has been further extended by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) December 31st 2022 or further order, whichever is earlier.
This came in line with the decision of 102nd Authority meeting held on 27th of September under the Chairmanship of Shri Kamlesh Kumar Pant, Chairman, NPPA where the Extension of revised ceiling price of Heparin Injection 1000lU/ml and 5000lU/ml were discussed.
Medical dialogues team had earlier reported that the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) had permitted companies to raise the price of Heparin Injection, a critical blood-thinning drug, until December end. NPPA had set the ceiling price of 1,000 International Units Per Millilitre (IU/ml) of heparin injection at Rs 24.39 per ml and 5,000 IU/ml of injection at Rs 60.54 per ml.
Heparin is used as a blood thinner and Heparin Injection 5000IU/ ml has been considered as an essential COVID plus medicine which is widely used for COVID-19 treatment.
In view of this, NPPA, in its latest notice stated,
"The ceiling prices of Heparin Injection 1000IU/ ml and Heparin Injection5000IU/ ml fixed under Para 19 of the DPCO, 2013 vide notification S.O. 2151(E) dated30.06.2020 valid upto 31.12.2020 which was extended upto 31.03.2021 vide S.O. 4333(E)dated 03.12.2020, then upto 30.09.2021 vide SO. 1236(E) dated 17.03.2021, then upto31.03.2022 vide SO. 3935(E) dated 23.09.2021 and again extended 'upto 30.09.2022 or untilfurther order, whichever is earlier' vide SO. 1507(E) dated 30.03.2022, issued by NationalPharmaceutical Pricing Authority, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals andFertilizers, Government of India are further extended upto 31.12.2022 or until further order,whichever is earlier."
Furthermore, the notice added,
"All the notes and other contents mentioned in the original order S.O. 2151(E) dated30.06.2020 read with extension orders S.O. 4333(E) dated 03.12.2020, S.O. 1236(E) dated17.03.2021, S. O. 3935(E) dated 23.09.2021 and S.O. 1507(E) dated 30.03.2022 shall remain the same and are applicable except that in Para 6, Notes (a) and Note (k) for the phrase "30thSeptember 2022 or until further order, whichever is earlier", it is to be read as "31st December2022 or until further order, whichever is earlier".
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