Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addresses Silver Jubilee Celebrations of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
Integrated Pharmaceutical
Database Management System 2.0 and Updated Pharma Sahi Dham App launched
Urge Industries to produce medicines and bring innovative research with the
goal of ensuring good health and well being of the people: Dr Mansukh Mandaviya
“NPPA has been working more as a facilitator, not merely as a regulator”
NPPA ensures availability of affordable medicines without harming the interests
of the industry: Bhagwanth Khuba
Union Minister
of Chemical and Fertilizers, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the Silver Jubilee
Celebrations of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), here today. Bhagwanth Khuba, Minister of State for
Chemicals & Fertilizers and New & Renewable Energy graced the occasion
as guest of honour.
Addressing the event, Dr Mandaviya congratulated NPPA for
working more as a facilitator, not merely as a regulator. He highlighted their
noteworthy contribution towards ensuring availability and affordability of
medicines in the last 25 years.
The Union Minister also praised
the Indian Industries for continuously producing quality products. He urged
them to produce medicines and bring innovative research with the goal of ensuring
good health and well-being of the people, not only for commercial purpose.
Dr Mandaviya assured Indian
pharma companies of continuous support from the govt. He highlighted the PLI 1
and PLI 2 schemes for the industries, which has helped in bringing about
indigenous manufacturing of many critical APIs in the country. He also recalled
the positive contribution of Indian pharma companies during the Covid crisis
and highlighted the importance of cooperation and collaboration between the government
and industry in bringing quality healthcare to the masses
Bhagwanth Khuba praised NPPA for being in service of the
country and the Pharma sector successfully for the last 25 years. He stated
that “NPPA ensures availability of affordable medicines without harming the
interests of the industry”. He also expressed his optimism that with the launch
of the two applications today, NPPA is expected to further carry on its work in
a smooth and efficient manner in the coming years”.
At the inaugural session, Integrated Pharmaceutical
Database Management System 2.0 (IPDMS 2.0) and Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 App were
launched.
IPDMS 2.0 is an integrated
responsive cloud based application developed by NPPA with technical support
from Centre for Advance Computing (C-DAC). It is envisaged to optimize synergies in operations in order
to promote Government’s thrust on ‘Ease of Doing Business’ as it would provide
a single window for submissions of various forms as mandated under Drug Price
Control Order (DPCO),2013. It would
also enable paperless functioning of NPPA and facilitate the stakeholders to
connect with National Pharma Pricing Regulator from across the country.
Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 App will have updated features like
speech recognition; availability in Hindi and English; share button and
bookmarking medicines. This version of Pharma Sahi Daam also has facility
for launching complaints by consumer through the consumer complaint handling
module. The App will be available in both iOS and Android versions.
A publication titled ‘An overview of Drug Pricing @ NPPA 25 year
Odyssey’ was also launched at the inaugural session. The
publication chronicles not only the 25 year journey of NPPA but also highlights
the evolution of the drug regulatory system in the country with special
emphasis on pricing regulation.
Earlier, Kamlesh
Pant, Chairman, NPPA had delivered the welcome address. S Aparna, Secretary,
Department of Pharmaceuticals and Dr Vinod Kotwal, Member Secretary, NPPA were
present in the event.
Stakeholders from the pharmaceutical and MedTech devices
industry, Central and State Governments, Price Monitoring and Resource Units,
Civil Society, patient advocacy groups, Pharmaceutical Research and Academic
Institutions, Think Tanks and media representatives from all over the country
were also present on the occasion.