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Stent Pricing
STENT PRICING NEWS
After industry blowback, Gujarat puts off differential pricing of angioplasty stents
April 04, 2025 5:55 am
This decision to put off the differential pricing was taken during a meeting in Gandhinagar of the governing body of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Mukhyamantri Amrutam (PMJAY-MA) — the state’s hybrid variant of the flagship central insurance scheme.
Three yrs after setting cap on stents, NPPA exempts Meril’s device from price control
February 29, 2020 1:40 am
Meril had approached the NPPA for exemption under this provision after it received the Indian drug regulator’s approval in 2017 for the stent, a drug-coated product called MeRes-100 that naturally dissolves over a period of time.
Lancet study on stents ‘lightweight’ job, say cardiologists
November 04, 2017 4:11 am
The issue of stents and their pricing is being debated in India after the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority capped their prices earlier this year.
Doctors’ alliance: Discard letter opposing cap on prices of stents, orthopaedic implants
November 02, 2017 4:10 am
Scientific data suggests that so called innovative re-absorbable stents are in no way superior to the drug-eluting stents, which have a price cap, stated ADEH.
Stent price down, but angioplasty cost still same: Insurance firms
September 08, 2017 8:39 am
A scrutiny of bills showed the cutback in stent costs had been offset by an increase in the cost of other components needed for the procedure, including balloons and catheters.
Letter to the Editor: Forcing patriotism
July 28, 2017 12:28 am
Orders asking people in government offices to sing the national song once a month, school and colleges twice a week and directing movie theaters to play the national anthem before every show do evoke this analogy. The nation should not beg, plead or demand patriotism; it has to come from within.
Address this blockage
July 27, 2017 12:15 am
Even before the price control move was instituted, only 40 per cent of the stents used in the country were indigenously manufactured; the rest were imported. With prices of imported stents and Indian stents now being the same, doctors and patients could prefer the imported devices.
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