Drug Price Control Order

Good news: Soon, anti-cancer drug prices to fall by 80%

Prices of 348 medicines, including life saving drugs will be cheaper soon by up to 80 percent as the new Drug Price Control Order has come into effect.

Healthcare: How govt can make essential drugs affordable

The regulator, NPPA, has said that even among generics there is considerable price variability which indicates market failure. It’s only natural that the government intervenes when the market mechanism fails in checking prices.

SC raises ceiling price question on new Drug price Control Order

The Supreme Court today raised a question on the new Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) of the Centre to fix the ceiling price of essential medicines on the basis of market-based pricing