India Drug Pricing Reforms: New Framework and its Impact

Currently, the NPPA follows the regulations which are outlined in the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO-2013) for the prices of medical equipment and medications which are categorized as drugs. In 2012, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority replaced the “cost-based” pricing system outlined in the Drug Policy of 1994 with a “market-based” pricing mechanism, which […]