NPPA has revised
the price of bulk drug Pentazocine from Rs. 38,498/Kg. to Rs.
35,512/Kg. vide notification in the Gazette of India Extraordinary
No. S.O.1348 (E) dated 23rd December, 2002. The prices
has been revised under the provisions of DPCO, 1995 after conducting
the detailed cost price study in respect of drug. The major manufacturers
of Pentazocine are M/s Ranbaxy Labs. Ltd. and M/s Ind-Swift Labs.
Ltd. the two major manufacturers in the country. A copy of the
notification issued in this regard is enclosed. The notification
is also available on the NPPA website www.nppaindia.nic.in.
The revised notified
price shall become effective within 15 days from the date of notification
in Official Gazette. All the manufacturers of the formulations
utilizing the drug in their scheduled formulations are advised
to follow the provisions of DPCO, 1995 with regard to pricing
of the derivative formulations.
