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Stent Prices Capped at Rs 29,600, profits slashed

Meghna A SinghaniaWritten by Meghna A Singhania Published On 2017-02-14T15:00:34+05:30  |  Updated On 14 Feb 2017 3:00 PM IST
Stent Prices Capped at Rs 29,600, profits slashed
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New Delhi: In what appears to be a Valentines day gift by the government to the heart patients across the country, the National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority has announced the the upper price ceiling for different kinds of Cardiac Stents that are being used in the country. With the said ceiling in force, the NPPA is seen slashing the prices of these stents by even upto 85% in some cases.

The prices of Bare Metal Stents has been fixed as mere Rs 7260 where as those of Drug Eluting Stents (DES) including metallic DES and  Bioresorbable VascularScaffold (BVS)/ Biodegradable Stents has been fixed at Rs 29,600. The prices shall be valid for a period of one year since the date of notification. No distinction has been made between the DES as well as Biodegradable stents, as was heavily demanded by the industry.




































Sl. No.


Coronary Stents

(Sl. 31 in Schedule I of DPCO,



2013)
Unit (in no)Ceiling Price

(In Rs.)
(1)(2)(3)(4)

1.


Bare Metal Stents

1


7260

2.



Drug Eluting Stents (DES) including metallic DES and  Bioresorbable VascularScaffold (BVS)/ Biodegradable Stents


1

29600



The move of the NPPA would indeed bring great joy to the patients, with ceiling of these prices would put an end to the indiscriminate profits in the industry, which ranges from from 270% to about 1,000% according to a recent NPPA report

Read more at Medical Dialogues: Shockingly high profit margins on Cardiac stents : NPPA Report 

TOI has earlier reported that the drug eluting stents, which account for 95% of the stents put in the country, were costing Rs 8000 to the manufacturer if domestic and Rs 5000 if imported, but were sold in the market from anywhere between Rs 24,000 and Rs 1.5 lakh. On Similar lines, the final price of a bioresorbable stent ranged from Rs 1.7 lakh to Rs 2 lakh

NPPA, while fixing the prices, itself began by saying that such high differences of margin is not justified
During deliberations, it was found that huge unethical markups are charged at each stage in the supply chain of Coronary Stents resulting in irrational, restrictive and exorbitant prices in a failed market system driven by information asymmetry between the patient and doctors pushing patients to financial misery; and whereas under such extraordinary circumstances, there is an urgent necessity, in public interest, to fix ceiling price of Coronary Stents to bring respite to patients

The NPPA further said that the government is under constitutional obligation to provide fair, reasonable and affordable price for Coronary Stents and therefore its immediate intervention is imperative to check unethical profiteering and exploitive pricing, quoting a supreme court judgement as
Profiteering, by itself, is evil. Profiteering in the scarce resources of the community, much needed life-sustaining foodstuffs and life-saving drugs is diabolic. It is a menace which has to be fettered and curbed. One of the principal objectives of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 is precisely that. It must be remembered that Article 39(b) enjoins a duty on the State towards securing ‘that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good”.

NOTE TO HOSPITALS/NURSING HOMES/CLINICS/CATH LABS


With the order, hospitals/nursing homes/cathlabs need to keep the  following important points need to kept in mind that were mentioned in the order

  1. As per paragraph 24(4) of DPCO 2013, every retailer and dealer shall display price list and the supplementary price list, if any, as furnished by the manufacturer/importer, on a conspicuous part of the premises
    where he carries on business in a manner so as to be easily accessible to any person wishing to consult the same. 2.

  2. Wherever institutions such as hospitals/nursing homes/clinics performing cardiac procedures using Coronary Stents are billing directly to the patients, they shall be required to comply with the ceiling prices notified hereinabove and follow the applicable provisions of the DPCO, 2013 including above.

  3.  Institutions such as hospitals/nursing homes/clinics utilizing Coronary Stents shall specifically and separately mention the cost of the coronary stent along with its brand name, name of the manufacturer/importer/batch no. and other details, if any, in their billing to the patients or their representatives.

  4.  Any manufacturer or institution or person not complying with the ceiling price and notes specified hereinabove
    shall be liable to deposit the overcharged amount along with interes
    t thereon under the provisions of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 read with Essential Commodities Act, 1955. 5 13. The ceiling price fixed hereinabove shall be maintained for a period of one year from the date of this notification, unless revised by another gazette notification.



NOTE TO MANUFACTURERS:


The ceiling prices specified in column (4) of the above table shall be applicable from the date of publication of this notification in the Gazette of India Extraordinary and shall also be applicable to all the stocks of Coronary Stents available for sale in the trade channel.

(b) All manufacturers of Coronary Stents, selling branded or non-branded or both versions of stents at prices higher than the ceiling price (plus local taxes as applicable) so fixed and notified by the Government, shall revise the price of all such stents downward not exceeding 4 the ceiling price specified in column (4) in the above table, plus local taxes as applicable and paid, if any.

(c) All manufacturers/marketers of Coronary Stents having MRP lower than the ceiling price specified in column (4) in the above table plus local taxes as applicable and paid, if any, shall continue to maintain the existing MRP in accordance with paragraph 13 (2) of the DPCO, 2013.

(d) The manufacturers may add local taxes/VAT and no other charges in the calculation of MRP, if they have actually paid such taxes or if it is payable to the Government on the ceiling price specified in column (4) of the above said table in paragraph (12) of this order.

(e) The ceiling price for a pack of coronary stent shall be arrived at by the concerned manufacturer/importer in accordance with the ceiling price specified in column (4) of the above table as per the provisions under DPCO, 2013.

(f) The manufacturers under Paragraph 24 of DPCO, 2013 shall issue price list in Form–V as prescribed in Schedule II of the DPCO, 2013 to the NPPA online through Integrated Pharmaceutical Database Management System (IPDMS) and submit a copy to all State Drug Controllers and all distributors/dealers/retailers. They shall also furnish quarterly return to the NPPA, in respect of production / import and sale of Coronary Stents in Form-III as prescribed in Schedule-II of the DPCO, 2013 through IPDMS.

(g) As per paragraph 24(4) of DPCO 2013, every retailer and dealer shall display price list and the supplementary price list, if any, as furnished by the manufacturer/importer, on a conspicuous part of the premises where he carries on business in a manner so as to be easily accessible to any person wishing to consult the same....

(h) The 'manufacturer' for the purpose of this order means any person who manufactures or imports or markets Coronary Stents for distribution or sale in the country.

(i) Any manufacturer or institution or person not complying with the ceiling price and notes specified hereinabove shall be liable to deposit the overcharged amount along with interest thereon under the provisions of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 read with Essential Commodities Act, 1955. 5 13. The ceiling price fixed hereinabove shall be maintained for a period of one year from the date of this notification, unless revised by another gazette notification.

(j). Any manufacturer intending to discontinue production or import of Coronary Stents shall furnish information to the NPPA, in respect of discontinuation of production and / or import in Form-IV of Schedule-II of the DPCO, 2013 at least six months prior to the intended date of discontinuation as prescribed under paragraph 21(2) of the DPCO, 2013 and follow the ceiling price till clearance from the GovernmenT
Meghna A Singhania
Meghna A Singhania

Meghna A Singhania is the founder and Editor-in-Chief at Medical Dialogues. An Economics graduate from Delhi University and a post graduate from London School of Economics and Political Science, her key research interest lies in health economics, and policy making in health and medical sector in the country. She is a member of the Association of Healthcare Journalists. She can be contacted at meghna@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751

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