NPPA asks firms to display knee implant cost on websites

Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on Tuesday asked manufacturers to display price of knee implant system on their websites within the next three working days. “All manufacturers/importers/ of knee implant system and all hospitals/nursing homes/clinics must display the MRP or price of implant system on home page of their website,” the drug price regulator said. The government also asked the firms to display brand name specifications and names of manufacturing and marketing company on their respective websites within three working days, it said.