National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) is a government regulatory agency that controls the prices of pharmaceutical drugs in India.[1].National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) was constituted vide Government of India Resolution dated 29th August, 1997 as an attached office of the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers as an independent Regulator for pricing of drugs and to ensure availability and accessibility of medicines at affordable prices.

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
Agency overview
Formed29 August 1997 (1997-08-29)
JurisdictionIndia
Headquarters3rd/5th Floor, YMCA Cultural Center Building 1, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi, India
Agency executive
  • Shubhra Singh, IAS, Chairman
Parent departmentDepartment of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Websitenppaindia.nic.in

Drug Price Control Orders

The NPPA regularly publishes lists of medicines and their maximum ceiling prices. The latest DPCO was released in 2013 which has a list of 384 drugs.[2][3][4][5][6][7] On 4 December 2017, it was announced that a Multi-disciplinary committee of experts for consultation on matters pertaining to implementation of Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) including technicalities involved in pricing and new launches will be setup and it will have the member secretary of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing authority (NPPA) as its convener.

Functions
  • To implement and enforce the provisions of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order in accordance with the powers delegated to it.
  • To deal with all legal matters arising out of the decisions of the Authority.
  • To monitor the availability of drugs, identify shortages, if any, and to take remedial steps.
  • To collect/ maintain data on production, exports and imports, market share of individual companies, profitability of companies etc, for bulk drugs and formulations.
  • To undertake and/ or sponsor relevant studies in respect of pricing of drugs/ pharmaceuticals.
  • To recruit/ appoint the officers and other staff members of the Authority, as per rules and procedures laid down by the Government.
  • To render advice to the Central Government on changes/ revisions in the drug policy.[8]
  • To render assistance to the Central Government in the parliamentary matters relating to the drug pricing.[9]
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References
  1. "Regulator may permit rejig of pharma packaging cost". Business Standard. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. V, NALINAKANTHI (29 September 2014). "All you wanted to know about: DPCO". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. "NOTIFIED PRICES OF BULK DRUGS AS SPECIFIED IN FIRST SCHEDULE OF DPCO,". www.nppaindia.nic.in. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. "NOTIFIED PRICES OF BULK DRUGS AS SPECIFIED IN FIRST SCHEDULE OF DPCO,". www.nppaindia.nic.in. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. "NOTIFIED PRICES OF BULK DRUGS AS SPECIFIED IN FIRST SCHEDULE OF DPCO,". www.nppaindia.nic.in. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  6. "National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority". www.nppaindia.nic.in. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. "DPCO/NPPA | Department of Pharmaceuticals". pharmaceuticals.gov.in. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  8. "Official National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority".
  9. "National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)". Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

http://nppaindia.nic.in/wh-new-2018/wh-new-07-2018.html "NPPA has fixed/revised ceiling prices/retail prices of 869 formulations under Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 in related Notification /order dated 02.04.2018."

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