The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, an agency of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, which monitors the prices of medicines across the country, has fixed the prices of 25 essential medicines. Now these medicines can be sold in the market only at this new price.
From April 1, 2023, the prices of 25 essential medicines will increase. It also includes painkillers, anti-biotic, anti-infective and cardiac medicines. Their price will increase by 12%. Medical stores will not be able to sell medicines at a higher price than this.
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, an agency of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, which monitors the prices of medicines across the country, has fixed the prices of 25 essential medicines. Now these medicines can be sold in the market only at this new price.
NPPA has issued a notification for the drugs for which the maximum price has been fixed, including itraconazole capsule used for fungal infection, telmisartan tablet used for high BP, camilofin tablet for pain killer, glimperide and gliclazide used for diabetes. tablet, contains metformin for blood sugar. Let us tell you the prices of which medicines have been fixed by NPPA.
Many times medicines or injections used in the same disease are sold at different prices due to different composition. In which Erythropoietin Injection is sold at a price of 2000 to 5000 per vial or even more for diseases like cancer, now according to the new price that has been fixed, it will be sold for 1450 rupees. Similarly, Ceftazidime and Avibactam powder, which is useful in incurable diseases, was being sold at a very expensive price, which has now been fixed at Rs.3773.
After this notification of the government, now all drug dealers will be bound to sell medicines at the fixed price, in which they will not be able to increase the price other than GST and cut the prices of the medicines which were earlier selling at a higher price than the fixed price. have to do
These are the new prices of medicines
- Itraconazole Capsules – Rs 20.72 per capsule
- Telmisartan & Chlorthalidone – Rs 8.04 per tablet
- Camylofin Dihydrochloride and Paracetamol Tablets – Rs 5.53 per tablet
- Glimepiride 3mg – Rs 11.57 tablets
- Glimepiride 4mg – Rs 9.77 tablets
- Gliclazide – Rs 6.57 per tablet
- Bilastine and Montelukast Orodispersible – Rs 13.21 per Tablets
- Chlorpheniramine Maleate and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride Syrup 1ml – Rs 1.16 per ml
- Dapagliflozin & Metformin Hydrochloride 5mg (Extended Release) – Rs 7.31 per Tablets
- Dapagliflozin & Metformin Hydrochloride 10mg (Extended Release) – Rs 10.53 per Tablets
- Levocetirizine, Montelukast & (SR) Ambroxol Hydrochloride- Rs 15.39 Tablets
- Combi pack of Clarithromycin Tablets IP, Esomeprazole Tablets IP & Amoxicillin Tablets USP- Rs.152 for 6 tablets.
- Erythropoietin Injection BP 6000 IU/ml – Rs 1449.74
- Ceftazidime and Avibactam powder for concentrate for solution for infusion- Rs 3773.31
