National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy, 2012
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy-2012 has been notified
on 07.12.2012. The salient features of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy,
2012 (NPPP-2012) are as under:
The regulation of prices
of drugs is on the basis of essentiality of drugs as specified under National
List of Essential Medicines (NLEM)-2011.
The regulation of prices of drugs is on the basis of regulating
the prices of formulations only.
The regulation of prices
of drugs is on the basis of fixing the ceiling price of formulations through
Market Based Pricing (MBP).
NLEM-2011 contains 614 formulations of specified strengths and
dosage forms, spread over 27 therapeutic categories and satisfies the
priority healthcare needs of majority of the population of the country.
As per the provisions of NPPP-2012, all the
manufacturers/importers manufacturing/importing the medicines as specified
under NLEM-2011 shall be under the purview of price control. Such medicines
shall have an MRP equal to or lower than the ceiling price (plus local taxes as
applicable) as notified by the Government for respective medicines.
The objective of National
Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy-2012 is to put in place a regulatory framework
for pricing of drugs so as to ensure availability of required medicines –
“essential medicines” – at reasonable prices even while providing sufficient
opportunity for innovation and competition to support the growth of industry, thereby
meeting the goals of employment and shared economic well-being for all.
During the 12th Five
Year Plan, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare proposes to start an
initiative for free supply of essential medicines in public health facilities
in the country aiming to provide affordable health care to the people by
reducing out of pocket expenses on medicine. Besides this, in order
to provide relief to the common man in the area of healthcare, a countrywide
campaign in the name of ‘Jan Aushadhi Campaign’ was initiated by the Department
of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India, in collaboration with the State
Governments, by way of opening up of Jan Aushadhi Generic Drug Stores to make
available quality generic medicines at affordable prices to all.
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