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TopicDrug price regulator

Topic: drug price regulator

Govt move to review drug pricing mechanism triggers concern as pharma industry invited to join panel

Panel formed by Centre to review pricing framework for drugs & medical devices will have representatives from Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance & Indian Drug Manufacturers Association.

Are 3 firms selling ibuprofen injectables at inflated MRP? Drug price regulator probes

New Delhi: A panel under the country’s drug pricing agency, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has flagged that the injectible version of a...

Prices for pulse oximeter, digital thermometer, 3 other medical devices get cheaper by upto 88%

Drug price regulator NPPA capped trade margins for 5 medical devices, including blood pressure monitoring machine, nebulizer and glucometer, resulting in a downward revision of prices from 20 July.

Cipla, Sun Pharma, Lupin on drug price watchdog’s new list of firms ‘overcharging consumers’

NPPA has issued a list of  ‘overcharging cases’ under litigation, which includes matters dating back to 1997 & those where firms have moved court against the allegations.

Mankind Pharma, Intas found selling diabetes drug ‘without nod’, to get show cause notice

Delhi-based Mankind Pharma & Gujarat's Intas Pharmaceuticals sold a Type 2 diabetes drug without seeking price approval from National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.

Paradise Papers: Fortis Chairman under drug price regulator’s scanner for Singapore stents

NPPA takes cognisance of ‘leaked’ documents saying Dr Ashok Seth bought shares from a Singapore company that supplied stents to the hospital chain. 

On Camera

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.