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Government served legal notice over decision to cut NPPA's powers -Prabha Raghavan

-The Economic Times

NEW DELHI:
Civil society group All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) has sent legal notices to Niti Aayog CEO and secretaries to the health ministry, department of pharmaceuticals and department of industrial policy and promotion over their talks to cut powers of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.

The group has termed the move “anti-national” and “anti-people”, adding that it affects an ongoing case at the Supreme Court over various aspects of drug price control.

The notice requests the officials to "maintain status quo" and do nothing that would interfere with the proceedings. Should they fail to do so, AIDAN would bring the officials’ discussions and decision to the notice of the Supreme Court and initiate contempt of court proceedings, according to the notice, served to the officials on Wednesday. ET has seen a copy of the notice.

AIDAN’s notice states that Niti Aayog CEO AmitabhKant held a meeting on October 19 where he, DoPsecretary Jai Priye Prakash, DIPP secretary Ramesh Abhishek and health secretary CK Mishra decided to “undermine” drug price control. The officials also sought to “abolish” NPPA and delink the National List of Essential Medicines from the Drug (Price Control) Order, according to the notice.

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