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Prices of more than 900 drugs, including heart disease, neurological problems, ear, nose and throat problems and drugs of neurological disorders, will increase from 1 April 2025. Diabetes and infection Prices will also increase. This price increase is about two and a half percent. The National Drug Price Determination Authority has approved this price increase. This increase is given every year. This value is revised on the basis of the fluctuations of the wholesale price index for the next year, 2024. Paragraphs 16 (2) of the drug price control order allow manufacturers to increase the price of drugs to suit the increase in wholesale price index.
Increase in prices of neurological, antibiotics and antibacterial drugs
The current growth has been approved keeping in mind the increase in 2024 compared to the wholesale price index of 2023. According to an increase in the wholesale price index, the drug manufacturers can increase the prices of their drugs up to two and a half percent without anyone’s prior permission. In other cases, drug manufacturers must submit requests to the National Drug Price Determination Authority to increase the price.
The price of the stent will also increase.
The price of bear metal stent used for heart patients has been increased to Rs 10,993. The price of the stent leaving the drug from time to time in the blood has been fixed at Rs 38,933. He can also increase its prices by two percent based on an increase in the wholesale price index. This increase can range from Rs 200 to Rs 790. However, after the price of the stent has come down, doctors have doubled or tripled the process of applying the process ie stent. Earlier, the price of the stent was between 1.50 and 1.80 rupees. After the price of the stent decreased, the doctors did not let the burden falling on the pockets of the patients to reduce the cost of the process of planting them.
Increase in price of antibiotics
Azithromycin is widely used as an antibiotic. The maximum price of azipromasine’s 250 mg tablet is Rs 11.87 and the MRP of 500 mg is Rs 11.87. Its price has been kept at Rs 23.98. In contrast, the maximum price per milliliter of antibacterial dry syrup amoxicillin and clevalenic acid has been fixed at Rs 2.09. The maximum price of 200 mg of antiviral drug like Aystvir has been fixed at Rs 7.74 and the price of 400 mg tablet has been fixed at Rs 13.90. In addition, the price of anti -malaria drug hydroxychloroquin 200 mg tablet has been fixed at Rs 6.47 and the price of 400 mg tablet has been fixed at Rs 14.04.
The maximum price of a pill of diclofenac used as a pain reliever has been fixed at Rs 2.09. Similarly, the price of ibuprofen 200mg tablet has been fixed at 0.72 paise and the price of 400mg tablet at Rs 1.22. Apart from this, the price of Depagliflose, metformin hydrochloride and glimpyride has been fixed at Rs 12.74 per tablet.
The national list of essential medicines also includes anesthetics and anti-allergies. These drugs include paracetamol, anemia, and vitamin drugs, which are also included in the national list of essential drugs.