Lok Sabha Question No. 1004 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Price List of 86 Drug Formulations
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1004 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  July, 2022

## PRICE LIST OF 86 DRUG FORMULATIONS

## 1004: SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the price list of 86 drug formulations including Paracetamol and others which are fixed by the Government;
- (b) whether the Government has proposed to introduce QR code on drug packaging to stop counterfeiting, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the manner in which Government proposes to stop counterfeiting on Drugs;
- (d) whether the Government has introduced online certification system for drug manufacturers  and  if  so,  the  details  of  States/UTs  which  have  implemented  the  online certification system so far; and
- (e) whether any reminder has been issued to those states who have not implemented yet and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a): The  National  Pharmaceutical  Pricing  Authority  (NPPA), an  attached  office  of  the Department of Pharmaceuticals fixes the ceiling price of all scheduled formulations specified in the first schedule of  the  Drugs  (Prices  Control)  Order,  2013  (DPCO-2013).  All manufacturers  of  scheduled  medicines  have  to  sell  their  products  within  the  ceiling  price (plus applicable Goods and Service Tax) fixed by the NPPA. NPPA also fixes the retail price of  a  new  drug  under  DPCO,  2013  for  existing  manufacturers  of  scheduled  formulation. NPPA has fixed the ceiling price of 890 scheduled formulations including the formulations of Paracetamol specified in Schedule-I of DPCO 2013. The following are the ceiling prices of various formulations of paracetamol as fixed by NPPA.

|   Sl. No | Medicines   | Dosage form and Strength   | Unit   |   Ceiling price (wef 1.4.2022 withWPI@ 10.76607%) |
|----------|-------------|----------------------------|--------|---------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Paracetamol | Oral Liquid 100 mg/5ml     | 1 ml   |                                              0.56 |
|        2 | Paracetamol | Oral Liquid 120 mg/5ml     | 1 ml   |                                              0.59 |
|        3 | Paracetamol | Oral Liquid 125 mg/5ml     | 1 ml   |                                              0.38 |
|        4 | Paracetamol | Oral Liquid 150 mg/5ml     | 1 ml   |                                              0.64 |

|   5 | Paracetamol             | Oral Liquid 250 mg/5ml   | 1 ml                |   0.66 |
|-----|-------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|--------|
|   6 | Paracetamol             | Oral Liquid 500 mg/5ml   | 1 ml                |   0.71 |
|   7 | Paracetamol             | Oral Liquid 650 mg/5ml   | 1 ml                |   0.58 |
|   8 | Paracetamol             | Tablet 500 mg            | 1 Tablet            |   1.01 |
|   9 | Paracetamol             | Tablet 650 mg            | 1 Tablet            |   2.04 |
|  10 | Paracetamol             | Injection 150 mg/ml      | Each Pack ( 0.5 ml) |   3.41 |
|  11 | Paracetamol             | Injection 150 mg/ml      | Each Pack (1 ml)    |   4.66 |
|  12 | Paracetamol             | Injection 150 mg/ml      | Each Pack (2 ml)    |   7.16 |
|  13 | Paracetamol             | Injection 150 mg/ml      | Each Pack (3 ml)    |   9.67 |
|  14 | Paracetamol             | Injection 150 mg/ml      | Each Pack (4 ml)    |  12.17 |
|  15 | Paracetamol             | Injection 150 mg/ml      | Each Pack (5 ml)    |  14.68 |
|  16 | Paracetamol             | Injection 150 mg/ml      | Each Pack (7 ml)    |  19.68 |
|  17 | Paracetamol             | Suppository 170 mg       | Each Suppository    |   8.54 |
|  18 | Paracetamol             | Suppository 80 mg        | Each Suppository    |   7.22 |
|  19 | Paracetamol Oral Liquid | 100 mg/ml (pediatric)    | 1 ml                |   1.79 |

NPPA in its meeting held on 28.06.2022 fixed the retail price of 84 new drugs and notified the same vide S.O. 2981(E) dated 30.06.2022.

- (b) to (e): Government has notified vide G.S.R. 20 (E) dated 18.01.2022 to add provision for mentioning QR code on level of packaging of API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) in the Drugs Rule 1945.

Online  National  Drugs  Licensing  System  (ONDLS)  portal  has  been  developed  by Centre  for  Development  of  Advanced  Computing  (CDAC)  in  coordination  with  Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO),  Government of  India and State/UT Drugs Regulatory Authorities which is a single window platform for online processing of various applications for manufacturing and sales licences, etc. States namely Delhi, Goa, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have implemented ONDLS in their respective States for issuance of sale licenses.

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