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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority's efforts to reign in the private healthcare sector have been scuttled once again. Who is to be blamed?

NPPA puts price cap on cardiac stents; says hospitals overcharge

The average cost of drug eluting stent for domestic companies is around Rs 8,000 but it is sold to patients for Rs 24,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh

National List of Essential Medicines: 34 drugs enlisted in update after 7 years

The latest National List of Essential Medicines features 384 medicines, drops 26 old ones

Drug pricing body puts cap on trade margin for 42 anti-cancer drugs

Experts say move will not benefit patients as drug prices are already too high and the cap only negligible

Supreme Court to examine drug pricing policy

Asks Centre about very high profit margins allowed to manufacturers and dealers under Drug Price Control Order for essential medicines

Pharma lobby obtains stay on Centre’s drug price control order

Drug manufacturers also trying to scuttle government’s drug pricing policy

Government withdraws NPPA’s power to fix prices of non-essential medicines

Prices of cardiac, diabetes, HIV/AIDS drugs likely to be affected