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The chemists' lobby, representing almost 1.2 million pharmacists in the country, has sought a meeting with National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) over the issue of displaying the drug price list at chemist shops, terming it as “mammoth task” to compile the prices of hundreds and thousands of brands.
They are also preparing to send a memorandum to the national pharma pricing regulator.
The NPPA, in an office memorandum (OM) dated February 4, had directed medicine retailers as well as online pharmacies to “conspicuously” display current drug price list according to the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) 2013. The NPPA said
