Coronary stents News
The NPPA met stent makers and importers today to discuss issues like pricing and availability of the medical device.
The 8 per cent margin also adequately covers hospital handling charges, if any, the regulator had said.
The development came after the government had last week slashed prices of stents by up to 85 per cent by capping them at Rs 7,260 for bare metal ones and Rs 29,600 for the drug eluting variety.
As trade margin of 8 percent is included in the ceiling price of stents, no additional charge except local sales taxes and VAT can be demanded from the patients.
Government has capped the price of life-saving coronary stents at Rs 7,260 for bare metal ones and Rs 29,600 for drug eluting variety.
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