The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed / revised the prices of 181 formulation packs. Of these, Ceiling Prices in respect of 101 formulation packs have been fixed on the basis of bulk drugs Analgin, Vitamin A, Cefotaxime, Erythromycine base / Stearate, Rifampicin, Gentamycin and Tolnaftate. In addition to this, the prices of 80 non-ceiling packs including 10 imported insulin formulations have also been fixed.

The prices have been fixed for the first time in the case of 58 formulation packs. In the case of 116 packs, the prices have been reduced ranging from 1% to 36%. In the case of 7 packs, prices have been increased ranging from 1% to 8%.

The 101 formulation packs consists of Analgin (four packs), Vitamin A (One pack), Cefotaxime (Five Packs) Erythromycine Base/Stearate (Twenty Two packs), Rifampicin (Fourty Eight packs), Gentamycin (Nine Packs) and Tolnaftate & ICHQ (Twelve packs).