NPPA slashes prices of 8 popular drugs by up to 85

18 Oct 2010 Evaluate

The country’s drug price regulator has reduced prices of eight medicines sold by leading pharma companies such as Cipla, Sun Pharma and Unichem by up to 85%, in one of the sharpest price cuts over the past few years. The prices of seven of these eight brands have been fixed by the drug price regulator for the first time. NPPA prescribes a price ceiling for drugs containing any of the 74 chemicals that are under price control to contain the cost of medication for consumers. 

The maximum price for Cipla’s popular combination antibiotic, Ciplox TZ, has been cut by 74% from Rs 100.73 to Rs 25.7 (excluding taxes) for a 10-tablet strip. The price of Rexcin Pharmaceuticals’ popular burn ointment, Silverex AV cream, has been slashed by around 85% to Rs 25 for a 20-gm tube. The regulator has also slashed the price of Cosmo Life Sciences vitamin capsules Lycobal Forte by 88.7% to Rs 8.90 (excluding taxes) for 10 capsules. The other medicines whose prices have been cut include JB Remedies’ Nor-Tz tablets and Okassa Pharma’s Burn Heal cream. 

Most of the medicines whose prices have been cut are combination drugs i.e. drugs that have more than one molecule. As per Indian laws, a combination drug that contains an ingredient that is under price control has to automatically conform to the price ceiling mandated by the drug price regulator. The drugmakers have to revise their prices within 15 days of the notification, failing which they could be penalised for overcharging consumers. 

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