National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

(Published in Part II, Section 3, Sub Section (ii) of the
Gazette of India Extraordinary)

Government of India
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Department of Pharmaceuticals
(National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority)

New Delhi, the 14^th March, 2011

ORDER

S.O. 552(E) – In exercise of the powers, conferred by sub-paragraph (1)/(2)/(4) of paragraph 8 of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995, read with No. S.O. 637 (E) dated the 4th September, 1997 issued by the Government of India in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, hereby fixes/revises the prices as specified in column (5) of the table hereto annexed as the retail price/revised retail price, exclusive of excise duty, Sales Taxes/VAT and local taxes, if any, and in column (6) as equivalent MRP inclusive of excise duty, education cess, Sales Tax/VAT in relation to each of the formulation specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said table with the pack size specified in the corresponding entries in column (3) thereof; manufactured/imported by M/s. Pfizer Products India Pvt. Ltd.

TABLE

Sl. No.	Name of the formulation	Pack Size	Existing Retail Price (Rs.)	Retail Price without Excise Duty and Local Tax, if any (Rs.)	Equivalent MRP* inclusive of all taxes (Rs.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
1.	Depo Medrol 40 mg Each Vial contains:Methyl Prednisolone Acetate – 40 mg Batch no. X08842 / Qty. 45789 Vials Batch no. Y00026 / Qty. 202709 Vials	1 ml Vial	57.78	57.78	60.09
2.	Depo Medrol 80 mg Each Vial contains: Methyl Prednisolone Acetate – 80 mg Batch no. X08177 / Qty. 230860 Vials Batch no. X08980 / Qty. 230197 Vials Batch no. X10168 / Qty. 230274 Vials Batch no. X10438 / Qty. 221887 Vials	2 ml Vial	76.05	76.05	79.09
3.	Solu Medrol AOV 40 mg Each Vial contains:Methyl Prednisolone Sodium Succinate – 40 mg Batch No. X09494 / Qty. 100084 Vials Batch No. X10180 / Qty. 143417 Vials Batch No. X07081 / Qty. 96181 Vials	1 ml Vial	140.08	140.08	145.68
4.	Solu Medrol AOV 125 mg Each Vial contains:Methyl Prednisolone Sodium Succinate – 125mg Batch no. X08590 / Qty. 73450 Vials Batch no. X08990 / Qty. 72750 Vials	2 ml Vial	266.37	266.37	277.02
5.	Solu Medrol AOV 125 mg Each Vial contains:Methyl Prednisolone Sodium Succinate – 500 mg Batch no. OBFSR / Qty. 22610 Vials Batch no. OBCJM / Qty. 12535 Vials Batch no. OBJBJ / Qty. 23493 Vials	4 ml Vial	636.97	636.97	662.45
6.	Solu Medrol AOV 1000 mg Each vial containsMethyl Prednisolone Sodium Succinate – 1000 mg Batch no. OBFST / Qty. 32809 Vials Batch no. OBJBX / Qty. 32513 Vials Batch no. OBHHY / Qty. 33673 Vials Batch no. OBFTA / Qty. 18173 Vials	8 ml Vial	1018.98	1018.98	1059.74
7.	Medrol 4 mg Tablet Each tablet containsMethyl Prednisolone – 4 mg Batch no. N969B Qty. 30832 Strips Batch no. N970A Qty. 9984 Strips	10×10’s Strip/Blister	329.64	329.64	342.83
8.	Medrol 16 mg Tablet Each tablet containsMethyl Prednisolone – 16 mg Batch no. P115D / Qty. 78420 Strips Batch no. P120A / Qty. 100284 Strips	14’s Strip/Blister	145.41	145.41	151.23”

*Subject to actual payment of Government levies/taxes, as applicable.

NOTE :

The prices fixed are the maximum retail prices in column no. (6) (inclusive of excise duty, sales tax/VAT and local taxes if any) for the specified pack and packs of similar strength, and companies cannot claim exemption on any ground there from, unless specifically permitted by the Government/NPPA through an order.
The companies / manufacturers may added taxes only if they have paid actually to the Government on the price mentioned in the column (5). If there is any variation in the MRP (inclusive of the taxes), the same may be intimated to the NPPA in the Form-V of DPCO, 1995.
For different packing material used or, different drug delivery systems or any other special features/forms claimed, the retail prices, as specified in Column No. 5 above, shall be applicable unless the companies approaches NPPA for specific price approvals for its formulations.
The manufacturer and marketing company for the above said formulation shall be required to take the requisite prior approval from the competent Authority for any change in the composition of the above said formulation with written prior intimation to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
These prices/revised prices shall be made effective within 15 days of receipt of this order as required under sub para 14(1) of DPCO, 1995. The necessary price-list should also be issued as required under sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 14 of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995.
These prices fixed/notified hereinabove under the provisions of DPCO, 1995 have to be mandatorily implemented by the manufacturing/marketing company notwithstanding its status of compliance of conditions for such formulation pack under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
The manufacturer or marketing company not complying with the ceiling prices and conditions specified in notes hereinabove within 15 days from the date of above said notification, shall be liable to deposit overcharged amount along with the interest under the provisions of the DPCO, 1995 read with the EC Act, 1955.

PN/118/2011/F

F. No. 8(27)/2011/D.P./NPPA-Div.II

(MANISH GOSWAMI)
Deputy Director

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