A Documrntary Study of Drug Price Control Order (DPCO Act)

The drug costs in India are managed the use of what's referred to as the Drugs (Prices Control) Order (DPCO). The DPCO is an order issued with the aid of using the authorities below Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 empowering it to repair and modify the costs of critical bulk dr...

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Published inAsian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 263 - 268
Main Authors Patel, Ashok B, Dabgar, Yash D, Patel, Ajay I, Vyas, Amitkumar J, Patel, Nilesh K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Raipur Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd 01.12.2023
Subjects
Costs
Drug dosages
Drug policy
Drug prices
Fees & charges
Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmacy
Profitability
Profits
Vaccines
Wage & price controls
India
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Summary:The drug costs in India are managed the use of what's referred to as the Drugs (Prices Control) Order (DPCO). The DPCO is an order issued with the aid of using the authorities below Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 empowering it to repair and modify the costs of critical bulk drugs and their formulations. The order contains a listing of bulk drug whose costs are to be managed, the technique for fixation and revision of costs, the technique for implementation the technique for restoration of drugs, the consequences for contravention and diverse different recommendations and directions. The order is challenge to the recommendations of Drug Policy and supposedly targets to make sure equitable distribution, accelerated deliver and reasonably-priced availability of bulk drugs. In this paper, I searching for to study the character of deregulation of drug costs that has befell in India over the years and the effect of the identical at the pharmaceutical industry.
ISSN:2231-5683
2231-5691
DOI:10.52711/2231-5691.2023.00048