Government to chalk new legislation for DPCO

10 Dec 2012 Evaluate

In a bid to meet the requirements of the new pharmaceutical pricing policy 2012, government is planning to bring a new legislation for price control and monitoring of drugs. The Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO), which is presently mandated under the Essential Commodities Act, would be replaced by specific legislation and the same would be notified soon after the notification of the new policy.

The new policy which brings 348 essential drugs under price control, cleared by government in November 2012, has been tabled in both houses of the Parliament last week. This policy aims to replace the existing drug policy of 1994 which was implemented through Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO) 1995 covering over 74 bulk drugs.

The implementation authority for the new policy and the new DPCO, as per the new policy, will be National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA). In order to implement the new policy in an effective, speedy and transparent manner, the NPPA will be provided with required organizational and financial support.

The National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2011’s all strengths and dosages will be under price control and the ceiling price will be fixed by adopting the simple average price of all the brands having market share more than and equal to 1% of the total turnover of that medicine.

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