Ceiling Prices fixed for 530 Medicines
Ceiling Prices fixed for 530 Medicines
Pursuant to
the announcement of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy, 2012, the
Government has notified Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO, 2013) on
15/05/2013. All the medicines specified in the national List of Essential
Medicines 2011 (NLEM) have been included in the First Schedule of DPCO, 2013
and brought under price control. Out of total 680 NLEM medicines (628 net
medicines) under scheduled category of DPCO, 2013, National Pharmaceutical
Pricing Authority (NPPA) has already fixed the ceiling prices in respect of 530
medicines under provisions of the said order. As a result of reduction in
the prices of scheduled medicines under price control, the price benefit
accrued to the common man is estimated to the extent of Rs. 2422 crores.
This
includes 47 formulations for cancer, 20 formulations for AIDS/HIV, 6
formulations for Diabetes and 53 for cardiovascular diseases.
In addition, maximum retail price (MRP) has been capped in respect of 106 non-
scheduled medicines, out of which 84 are used for treatment of cardiovascular
diseases and 22 for diabetes, under para 19 of DPCO, 2013. The
price benefit accrued to the common man on account of price fixation of these
106 formulations related to anti-diabetic and cardio vascular therapies to the
tune of around Rs. 350 crore. Further, NPPA has also fixed the retail
price of 247 ‘new drugs’ under para 5 of DPCO, 2013.
The web portal Pharma Jan Samadhan (PJS) was launched on 12th March,
2015 for speedy and effective complaint redressal system regarding (i)
availability of medicines, (ii) overpricing of medicines, (iii) sale of ‘new
drugs’ without prior price approval, and (iv) refusal of supply or sale of
medicines.
The details of complaints/grievances registered on PJS by patients/consumers
and redressal of such complaints since introduction of the PJS are as follows:
Particulars
|
Nos.
|
Overpricing
|
12
|
Shortage
|
134
|
Refusal to sell
|
147
|
Without price approval
|
2
|
Total
|
295
|
Action taken/Dispose off
|
295
|
This information was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals &
Fertilizers, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in response to a question in the Lok
Sabha today.
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