National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority : Price Notifications

(Published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) of
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 25th August, 1999)

Government of India
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

New Delhi, the 25th August, 1999

Order

S.O. 685(E) - In exercise of the powers, conferred by sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph 9 read with paragraph 11 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 the prices as specified in column (5) of the table below as ceiling prices exclusive of excise duty and local tax, if any, of each of the Scheduled formulations specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table with the strength and pack size specified respectively in the corresponding entries in columns (3) and (4) thereof :

Table
Sl. No.	Name of the Formulation	Strength	Pack Size	Ceiling Price(Rs.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Each Capsule Contains
"1.	Capsules of Vitamin B Complex with Vitamin C & Others (Therapeutic)	Vitamin B1 10mg, Vitamin B2 10 mg, Vitamin B6 3mg, Vitamin B12 7.5 mcg, Niacinamide 75 mg, Calcium Pentothenat/D Penthenol 25mg, Vitamin C 150 mg, Vitamin E 20mg, Zinc Sulphate Monhydrate eq. to Zinc Element 22.5mg	10's Strip/Blister	9.12
Each Coated tablet Contains
2.	Tablet of Vitamin B Complex with Vitamin C & Others (Therapeutic)	Vitamin B1 10mg, Vit.-B2 10 mg Vitamin B6 3mg, Vitamin B12 10 mcg, Niacinamide 50 mg, Calcium Pentothenat/ D Penthenol 16.3mg, Vitamin C 150 mg D-Biotin - 0.15mg	10's Strip/Blister	6.88"

Important Note :

I. For all the other Vitamin formulations having composition within the prescribed range under Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940, the following adjustment shall be made by a manufacturer to work out the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) for a product under the said order for formulation(s) in column no. 2, when there is change in the composition and the following factors (which are inclusive of admissible MAPE) shall be added/subtracted as the case may be to the notified ceiling price given in column no. 5 of the table on the following basis.

For each 10 tablet/capsule in strip/blister.

For each 5 mg or part thereof of Niacinamide Rs. 0.036 shall be added/substracted
For each 5 mg or part thereof of Calcium Pentothenat/D Penthenol Rs. 0.201 shall be added/substracted
For each 0.5 mg or part thereof of Folic Acid Rs. 0.035 shall be added/substracted.
For each 5 mcg or part thereof of Vitamin B12 Rs. 0.054 shall be added/substracted
For each 2 mg or part thereof of Vitamin B1 Rs. 0.056 shall be added/substracted.
For each 2 mg or part thereof of Vitamin B2 Rs. 0.135 shall be added/substracted
For each 1 mg or part thereof of Vitamin B6 Rs. 0.035 shall be added/substracted
For each 10 mg or part thereof of Vitamin C Rs. 0.091 shall be added/substracted
For each 5 mg or part thereof of Vitamin E Rs. 0.176 shall be added/substracted
For each 10 mg or part thereof of Zinc with or without other trace mineral elements, single or combined, Rs. 0.073 shall be added/substracted
For each 0.05 mg (50 Microgram) or part thereof of Vitamin H (D-Biotin) Rs. 0.363 shall be added/subtracted.

II. The above will be subject to the provision of S.O. No. 83(E) dated 27.1.98 issued by NPPA.

III. Any other formulation not covered in the above table that has any one of the drugs in column no. 3 as one of its ingredients, it shall be subject to the price ceiling at Sr. No. 1 or at Sr. No. 2 of the table, as the case may be, subject to note I unless the manufacturer has got specific price fixed by the NPPA for that formulation.

PN/26/99/F

F. No. 8(19)/99/D.P./NPPA-Div.-II

(K. K. Jain)
Deputy Director
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

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