All the 33 drugs are part of the revised National List of Essential Medicines, 2015. The health ministry had come out with the new list in December increasing the span of price control from 684 to 875 medicines. The NPPA has so far capped prices of 627 drugs since April last year. The new drugs brought under price control include cetirizine, omeprazole and cefixime. According to the regulator, prices of these medicines have been fixed on priority because these are commonly used and are new to the list.

Source: Economic Times January 26, 2017 06:28 UTC