Stents exorbitant prices due to doctor-industry nexus: Allegations pile up savita31 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...
Govt aims 3000 Jan Aushadhi stores this fiscal Year savita30 Sept 2016 9:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government said it aims to open 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras this fiscal across the country to sell medicines at cheaper rates.This was...
Cardiology Society of India asks for participation in fixing of Stent Prices Meghna A Singhania24 Sept 2016 2:47 PM ISTWith the inclusion of Coronary stents in the National List of Essential Medicines and NPPA in the process of deliberation of rationalization of the...
New Delhi: 126 drugs cheaper by over 40% as govt fixes ceiling savita5 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 savita2 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 savita27 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 savita21 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% savita19 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...
Government plans to cap stent prices Rs 20,000 onwards Pooja28 Dec 2015 3:22 PM ISTThe issue of capping stent prices, and to make it available to the patients at a uniform price has been under consideration by the health ministry for...
India’s HIV AIDS Drugs List Just Got Revised savita26 Dec 2015 11:12 AM ISTIndia has revised its list of essential medicines to add drugs for diseases ranging from cancer and HIV AIDS to hepatitis C, in a move aimed at making...
Govt mulls controlling prices of medical equipment savita23 Dec 2015 11:44 AM ISTNEW DELHI: The government is considering controlling prices of medical equipment such as stents and implants, Parliament was informed today.Following...
