{"id":23989,"date":"2012-10-11T16:28:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T10:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=23989"},"modified":"2012-10-11T16:28:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T10:58:24","slug":"decision-on-new-drug-pricing-policy-by-mid-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/decision-on-new-drug-pricing-policy-by-mid-november","title":{"rendered":"Decision on new drug pricing policy by mid-November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The central government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it would decide on the new National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy by mid-November and the same would be notified in the week thereafter. The court said it should not trigger any hike in the price of drugs in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing for the central government, Additional Solicitor General Siddhartha Luthra informed about the government decision in response to persistent queries by the apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. 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However, the court said that its cap in drug prices should not affect normal hike in drug prices on account of increase in cost of inputs like raw material, packaging, labour cost and other components.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Oct 3, in its bid to protect the interest of the common man, the court had told the government not to disturb the existing retail price mechanism of drugs under the price control order while finalising the list of essential medicines.<\/p>\n<p>The judges had observed that the prices of the drugs were so high that it left the patient with the option of either to die or buy medicines by selling one&#8217;s land or ornaments.<\/p>\n<p>The judges had chided the government for taking so long in increasing the number of important medicines under the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM).<\/p>\n<p>The court had wondered why things had not unmoved for nine years and had told the government to bring more essential medicines within the reach of the common man.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The central government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it would decide on the new National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy by mid-November and the same would be notified in the week thereafter. 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