The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on 15th September 2022, extended the ceiling price it imposed on orthopaedic knee implants for knee replacement system in August, 2017, to one more year from September 16, 2022.
NPPA earlier in 2017 had fixed the ceiling price of orthopaedic knee implants for a period of one year. This was extended for further one year in 13th August 2018 and then on 15th August 2019. The above period ended on 15th August 2020 and the ceiling prices for knee implants for knee replacement system was due for review by 15-Aug-2021 and it was extended till 15th September 2022 which is now being extended for another one year.
All manufacturers of knee Implants, selling branded or non-branded or both versions of implants at prices higher than the ceiling price (plus goods and services tax as applicable) so fixed and notified by the Government, shall revise the price of all such implants downward not exceeding the ceiling price specified in its earlier notification.
Further, no healthcare institutions such as hospitals/nursing-homes/clinics performing orthopedic surgical procedures using knee implants shall solicit any patient to purchase knee implants from it, in case, the patient is interested in procuring such implant from any other third-party sources.
