India's government targets more medical devices under a price cap
11-May-17, ET Healthworld
After stents, the government wants to put more medical devices under price control and even proposes to change the Indian Medical Council Act to make it mandatory for doctors to prescribe generic medicines, health minister J P Nadda said.
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Nadda said the ministry has started deliberations and is analysing data to bring more critical medical devices under the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM). Once under NLEM, the devices will automatically come under the purview of price control.
“We are looking into it. A committee has already been formed which is evaluating price data,” the minister said.