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    India's Ministry of Health plans to revise the 2011 edition of the basic drug catalogue

    • Last Update: 2020-06-03
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    Business Agency, November 13 (Xinhua) -- Under pressure from multiple parties, including the Supreme Court's influence on new drug price policies, the Ministry of Health of the Federal Government of India plans to revise the 2011 edition of the National Essential Medicines Directory (NLEM-2011) in accordance with the basic principles of price managementIt is reported that the Ministry of Health of India has begun to revise the catalogue in accordance with the current market demand and patient drug habits, and soon set up a team of experts for the drug catalog to propose appropriate amendmentsAlthough the government has implemented the New National Drug Price Policy (NPPP) and issued a 2013 Drug Price Management Measures (DPCO) price-limiting mechanism, the issue is still under the supreme court's scrutiny and oversightThe Supreme Court has received an appeal by the non-governmental organization All India Drug Action Network, which claims that the market mechanism's price policy has led todrugthe average price cap is in many cases higher than the market price of branded drugsat the same time, India's national list of essential medicines is under pressure to be blamed for being outdated because of the principle of drug price capsAccording to government estimates, India's annual sales of essential drugs have exceeded Rs290bn, or 60 per cent of the 482bn annual sales in the domestic drug marketHowever, public interest groups point out that many essential drugs have been withdrawn from the market for a long time under price controlsAs the influence of NGOs has grown, India's National Drug Price Management Agency (NPPA) has acknowledged deficiencies and begun collecting price information on some controlled drugsDrug price management has begun to revise the prices of more than 300 medicines in accordance with the new policy and the drug price management approach, and some 650 drugs must adjust prices, including a reduction in the prices of 348 price-controlled essential drugsHowever, management found that 55 drugs had not been collected and that price limits could not be set, most of which were believed to have been withdrawn from the marketIndia's current list of essential medicines was established in 2010 and implemented in 2011, and is constantly updated or revised by the Government in a timely manner through the Official Gazette
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