Trump's executive order, dated May 12, seeks to establish a mechanism through which American patients can buy their drugs directly from the manufacturers
The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to three major health sector reforms aimed at improving service delivery and infrastructure in government hospitals, including the setting up of a price monitoring and resource unit, and the outsourcing of OPD/IPD registrations and diagnostic services. Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh told PTI that the government, in its efforts to enhance health infrastructure, approved three key reforms on Tuedday. He said that the three agenda items -- centred on price regulation, operational outsourcing, and PPP-driven diagnostic services -- reflect the government's focus on strengthening healthcare delivery and governance in the capital. Every day, the Delhi government is taking steps to provide the best facilities in our hospitals, Singh said.
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The ceiling prices of seven other drugs were revised to include the impact of the 0.00551 per cent increase in drug prices in the National List of Essential Medicines
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The recent price hike, analysts said, brings some respite for the industry facing multiple headwinds such as steep raw inflation, price erosion in the US market and higher freight costs.
Delays in consignments, rising prices of key ingredients worry industry
These are scheduled drugs (or ones that are under price control) and low priced
Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Sunday aimed at lowering drug prices in the United States by linking them to those of other nations and expanding the scope of a July action
The government on Thursday said aprice monitoring and resource unit (PMRU) has been set up in Karnataka under the aegis of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)
API prices have gone up by 25-30 per cent for some drugs in recent months
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That is above the average of 404 drug price increases in the first three days of January over the past five years
A senior government official said the industry has been requesting for an amendment to allow them to implement the price change from the next batch.
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