NPPA warns drug cos

New Delhi, May 4: With just 41 out of top 100 pharma firms responding to its direction to register for online database, drug price regulator NPPA has warned to take action if the rest of the companies did not comply with its order immediately.

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority ( NPPA) had asked all pharma companies to register themselves with Integrated Pharmaceutical Database Management System ( IPD MS) in September last year.

“It has been observed that out of top 100 pharma companies, 59 companies have not registered with the system,” NPPA said in a statement.

The list of 59 companies which have not registered include Zydus Cadila, Dr Reddys Labs, etc.