NPPA fixes the retail prices for Methotrexate Topical Gel.

As per para 24(4) of DPCO 2013, every retailer and dealer shall display price list and the supplementary price list, if any, as furnished by the manufacturer, on a conspicuous part of the premises where he carries on business in a manner so as to be easily accessible to any person wishing to consult the same.

Medical Devices (Amendment) Rules, 2021

The amendment provides that a person making an application for registration shall on or before the 30th November, 2021, submit an undertaking that applicant shall obtain the ISO 13485 certificate on or before the 31st May, 2022. A provisional registration number shall be generated which will remain valid up to the 31st May, 2022 or the date on which the applicant obtained such ISO certificate whichever is earlier.

The process to grant licences to ASU manufacturers becomes swifter, paperless and more transparent.

The manufacturers can now apply for the license online at www.e-aushadhi.gov.in and the license of the ASU drugs has been made perpetual i.e. with one-time registration fee the license of the product will be valid lifetime subject to online submission of self-compliance declaration every year or unless suspended or cancelled. While prior to the notification it had a validity period of 5 years.

MoHFW revises Health Benefit Package of Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY.

In the revised version of Health Benefit Package (HBP 2.2), rates of some health packages have been increased by 20 percent to 400 per cent under PM-JAY. Around, 400 procedure rates have been revised and one new additional medical management package related to black fungus has also been added.