Set up tribunal to hear firms' drug price appeals: NPPA

Setting up of an advisory committee has been a long-standing demand of the industry

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has asked the department of pharmaceuticals to set up a 

tribunal for appeals by companies against its orders. 

The recommendation was made during a consultative meeting the department of pharmaceuticals held with stakeholders on the draft pharmaceuticals policy. The department now considers all appeals against the NPPA’s orders. It can ask the NPPA to revise price ceilings for particular drugs. 

The NPPA has also asked the department not to change its structure by constituting an advisory committee on pricing, as suggested in the draft pharmaceuticals policy. Setting up of an advisory committee has been a long-standing demand of the