COVID-19: Remdesivir MRP slashed by half with retro-effect
Spelling huge relief for lakhs of Covid-19 patients, the government has slashed the prices of the ‘life-saver’ Remdesivir injection by nearly 50 per cent, to MRP Rs 2,450 per injection now, according to official sources.
| 18 April 2021 2:29 AM GMT
MUMBAI: Spelling huge relief for lakhs of Covid-19 patients, the government has slashed the prices of the life-saver Remdesivir injection by nearly 50 per cent, to MRP Rs 2,450 per injection now, according to official sources.
In a missive late on Friday, the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Department of Pharmaceuticals, NPPA - Advisor (Costs) N.I. Chowdhury has ordered all pharma companies to comply with the revised norms with immediate and retrospective effect.
Remdesivir Prices Cut On Government Intervention: Industry Body Remdesivir Prices Cut On Government Intervention: Industry Body Drug companies like Cadila Healthcare, Dr Reddy s Laboratories and Cipla have cut the prices of their respective brands of remdesivir injection (100 mg/vial). The antiviral drug is used in the treatment of COVID-19.
Drug companies have reduced the price of Remdesivir injections.
New Delhi:
To enhance the availability of remdesivir injection, used in the treatment of COVID-19, pharmaceutical companies have reduced the price following the government s intervention, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) said on Saturday.
Drug companies like Cadila Healthcare, Dr Reddy s Laboratories and Cipla have cut the prices of their respective brands of remdesivir injection (100 mg/vial). The antiviral drug is used in the treatment of COVID-19.
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In the last two decades the private health sector has overtaken public health infrastructure in no uncertain terms.
While the former has an estimated 43,487 hospitals with 11,85,242 beds, the latter has substantially less 25,778 hospitals and 7,13,986 beds. With overcrowding, and lack of amenities and staff in government hospitals, citizens have been knocking at the doors of private establishments even if they cannot afford them. And there are enough stories of how families have sold their assets for a major life-saving procedure. A situation that has only become more grim as the pandemic takes a high hum