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UP Hospitals’ Medicine MRPs Found Up to 67 Times Higher
A government agency in Uttar Pradesh checked medicine prices at hospital pharmacies.
It gathered information from 214 pharmacies.
The agency compared how much hospitals paid for medicines with the maximum retail prices printed on the packs.
It looked at 130 medicines.
For 36 of them, the printed price was more than 10 times the hospital’s purchase price.
In one case, it was as much as 67 times higher.
Officials are now looking into why the differences are so large.
The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration inspected pharmacies at medical colleges and private hospitals across the state.
The agency collected data from 214 hospital pharmacies.
It compared purchase prices and printed maximum retail prices for 130 medicines.
Thirty-six medicines had MRPs more than 10 times their purchase prices.
The largest reported gap was 67 times, and officials are examining the reasons.
- Who
- The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration inspected hospital pharmacies.
- What
- Its analysis found that some medicines’ printed MRPs were up to 67 times their purchase prices.
- Where
- Medical college and private hospital pharmacies across Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- Why
- Officials are examining the reasons for the large gaps between purchase prices and MRPs.
Key facts
- Inspecting agency
- Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (UPFSDA)
- Pharmacies surveyed
- 214
- Medicines analysed
- 130
- Medicines with MRP over 10 times purchase price
- 36
- Largest reported price gap
- Up to 67 times
- Pharmacy types
- Medical college and private hospital pharmacies
Sources
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