REVISION OF PRICES OF BULK DRUGS
BETAMETHASONE & ITS DERIVATIVES & IBUPROFEN
National Pharmaceutical
Pricing Authority (NPPA) has revised the prices of bulk drugs
Betamethasone & its derivatives and Ibuprofen. These prices
have been revised from Rs.224/gm to Rs.230/gm for Betamethasone
Alcohol, from Rs.212/gm to Rs.219/gm for Betamethasone Valerate,
from Rs. 185/gm to Rs. 183/gm for Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate
and from Rs. 346/kg to Rs. 391/kg. for Ibuprofen. These prices
have been revised under the provisions of DPCO, 1995 after conducting
the detailed cost price study of M/s GlaxoSmithkline for Betamethasone
& its derivatives and M/s Shusun and M/s Dr. Reddy’s Labs.
for Ibuprofen.
The revised notified
prices shall become effective within 15 days from the date of
notification in the 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.
