Who Sets the Price of Medicines in India?
A new opinion piece argues that India splits medicine work between two bodies: CDSCO, which handles licensing, and NPPA, which sets prices. It says this split creates a gap, and that stronger coordination backed by pharmaceutical, clinical and health-economic expertise could close it.
Context
Context: CDSCO is India's central drug regulator, while NPPA is the government body that controls prices of certain medicines. Many families pay for treatment out of their own pockets, so medicine costs affect them directly.
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