The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has decided to limit the profit margins that distributors, stockists and chemists can add to 137 cancer drugs. The move is aimed at reducing the prices patients pay for these medicines. The new prices are expected to take effect from November 9, 2026.: इस घटनाक्रम पर आधिकारिक अपडेट दर्ज किया गया है। Under the notification announced on Saturday, the trade margin will be capped at 30 per cent of the maximum retail price (MRP), excluding GST. Trade margin is the amount earned by intermediaries, such as distributors and retailers, between the manufacturer and the patient.

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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has decided to limit the profit margins that distributors, stockists and chemists can add to 137 cancer drugs. The move is aimed at reducing the prices patients pay for these medicines. The new prices are expected to take effect from November 9, 2026.

Under the notification announced on Saturday, the trade margin will be capped at 30 per cent of the maximum retail price (MRP), excluding GST. Trade margin is the amount earned by intermediaries, such as distributors and retailers, between the manufacturer and the patient.

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This means traders can add a maximum of 42.86 per cent to the price at which a manufacturer sells a drug to a stockist or distributor, known as the Price to Stockist or Price to Distributor (PTS/PTD).

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  • •The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has decided to limit the profit margins that distributors, stockists and chemists can add to 137 cancer drugs. The move is aimed at reducing the prices patients pay for these medicines. The new prices are expected to take effect from November 9, 2026.
  • •Under the notification announced on Saturday, the trade margin will be capped at 30 per cent of the maximum retail price (MRP), excluding GST. Trade margin is the amount earned by intermediaries, such as distributors and retailers, between the manufacturer and the patient.
  • •This means traders can add a maximum of 42.86 per cent to the price at which a manufacturer sells a drug to a stockist or distributor, known as the Price to Stockist or Price to Distributor (PTS/PTD).

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