Drug-eluting stents to cost Rs 1,710 less
New Delhi, February 12
The Centre today withstood market pressure to further reduce the upper price limit for drug-eluting stents from Rs 29,600 to Rs 27,890.
The 5.77 pc (Rs 1,710) reduction in the ceiling price was notified tonight by the government’s drug pricing wing, the National Pharmaceutical and Pricing Authority.
The NPPA further notified a slight increase in the prices of bare metal stents from the previous rate cap of Rs 7,260 to the new Rs 7,660. The bare metal stent market is lower than that of the drug-eluting version, which is a drug releasing and biodegradable.
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The new price limit on coronary stents will be applicable from tomorrow until March 31, 2019. The previous price reductions were applicable till February 12. — TNS
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