India, March 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) under the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) fixes ceiling prices of formulations and medical devices included in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and incorporated by the DoP in Schedule-I to the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO, 2013). Coronary stents [Bare Metal Stents (BMS) and Drug Eluting Stents (DES)] are included in Schedule-I of the DPCO, 2013 and accordingly NPPA fixes their ceiling prices as per the provisions of DPCO, 2013. The present applicable ceiling price for BMS is Rs.10,692.69 and for DES Rs.38,933.14. The prices fixed under DPC...