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INDIAN GOVERNMENT’S STEPS TO

IMPROVE ACCESS AND AFFORABILITY

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

ricing as an instrument has been used to ensure con nued availability and affordability of essen al life saving drugs with

improved access to consumers. The drug price regula on in the country finds its genesis way back from Drugs (Display
Pof Prices) Order, 1962 and the Drugs (Control of Prices) Order, 1963 issued under the Defense of India Act, 1915 to the

current Drugs Price Control Order, 2013 issued under Essen al Commodi es Act,1955. The Department of Chemicals and

Petrochemicals was implemen ng the various DPCOs issued by the government from me to me ll the se ng up of Na onal
Pharmaceu cal Pricing Authority (NPPA) in 1997.

Savings to the Rs. 1500
consumers (Rs. Crore) (US$ 183Mn)
Orthopaedic
Knee Implants
Rs. 1000
Rs. 350
NPPA is an independent body of experts in (US$ 43Mn) Rs. 984 (US$ 122Mn)
Other drugs (US$ 120Mn) TMR of 6 Medical
the Ministry of Chemicals and Fer lizers, under para TMR of Devices during
19 of DPCO Anti-Cancer C OVID
Department of Pharmaceu cals whose 2013 Drugs

func ons, inter-alia, includes fixa on and

revision of prices of scheduled formula ons
under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order Rs. 2423
(US$ 295Mn)
(DPCO), as well as monitoring and NLEM 2011
enforcement of prices.

Over the years, es mated savings to the
Rs. 2643
Rs. 14276
consumers due to price regula on by NPPA (US$ 1741Mn) (US$ 322Mn)
Coronary NLEM 2015
have been substan al. Stents

Rs. 3578
(US$ 436Mn)
NLEM 2022

Source: NPPA, DOP

Func ons of NPPA

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