American Heart Association Endorses NPPA for Its Stent Price Ceiling Policy savita thakur thakur9 May 2017 12:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: While the move of the NPPA of capping the price of cardiac stents  has become a topic of debate for many in the country, it seems to have...
Reusing single use devices: FDA warns Fortis hospitals savita thakur thakur28 April 2017 2:45 PM ISTMumbai: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned two Fortis hospitals in the city of stringent action for allegedly reusing...
NPPA starts issuing notices to hospitals on stent pricing savita thakur thakur15 April 2017 9:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority(NPPA) has started issuing recovery and pre-prosecution notices to hospitals...
Complaints against 30 hospitals for stent overcharging: NPPA savita thakur thakur7 March 2017 1:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)Â said it has received complaints against 30 hospitals for overcharging on stents...
Stents pricing: Govt asks hospitals to make prompt refunds savita thakur thakur27 Feb 2017 2:44 PM ISTNEW DELHI: No action will be taken against hospitals under the scanner for overcharging on stents if they refund the money to patients before...
Stents exorbitant prices due to doctor-industry nexus: Allegations pile up savita thakur thakur31 Jan 2017 11:20 AM ISTNew Delhi: Health groups alleged that a doctor-industry nexus was resulting in exorbitant prices of life saving coronary stents and demanded Centres...
Fix price of stents by March 1, Delhi High Court tells Centre Meghna A Singhania23 Dec 2016 9:57 AM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the central government to fix the maximum retail price (MRP) and a ceiling price by March 1, 2017, for...
New Delhi: 126 drugs cheaper by over 40% as govt fixes ceiling savita thakur thakur5 March 2016 10:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: Government has fixed the ceiling price of 530 essential medicines that has resulted in price reduction of over 40 per cent in case of 126...
Medical devices should come under Drug Price Control Order: DOP savita thakur thakur2 March 2016 9:36 AM ISTNew Delhi: To control the high prices of medical devices such as stents and implants, Department of Pharmaceuticals has proposed to Health Ministry to...
NPPA fixes price of 45 medicine packs savita thakur thakur27 Feb 2016 9:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the price of 45 formulation packs including those used for treating cancer,...
NPPA extends deadline for cos to register in pharma data bank savita thakur thakur21 Jan 2016 10:33 AM ISTDrug price regulator NPPA has extended the deadline for pharmaceutical firms to register themselves with pharma data bank by a month to February 15 as...
Government likely cap trading margin on drugs at 35% savita thakur thakur19 Jan 2016 11:05 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug prices may come down sharply in the coming days as government is likely to cap the trading margin on medicines at 35 percent.Chemists...
