 "NPPA starts procedure to refix price of condoms")
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has initiated a process to again fix the price of condoms. It has asked manufacturers to provide details of retail prices.
The Authority has decided to have one price for basic utility condoms and the other for pleasure condoms. It wants a price list along with “supporting documents like invoices to retailer and samples of August 2015”.
Condoms have been part of the National List of Essential Medicines from 2003. Subsequently, it was incorporated in Schedule 1 of the Drug Price Control Order of 2012, after which NPPA could cap its price.
The Authority has decided to have one price for basic utility condoms and the other for pleasure condoms. It wants a price list along with “supporting documents like invoices to retailer and samples of August 2015”.
Condoms have been part of the National List of Essential Medicines from 2003. Subsequently, it was incorporated in Schedule 1 of the Drug Price Control Order of 2012, after which NPPA could cap its price.
