Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance reduced the Customs Duty to Nil in respect of three anticancer drugs viz., Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, Osimertinib, and Durvalumab vide Notification 30/2024 dated 23.07.2024. Further, GST rates were also reduced on these anticancer drugs from 12% to 5% vide Notification no. 05/2024 dated 08.10.2024. As per the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO, 2013), Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of drugs/formulations is inclusive of taxes and duties, as applicable. Accordingly, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued an Office Memorandum directing the companies to reduce MRP on these drugs on account of reduction in GST rates and exemption from Custom Duties so as to pass on the benefit of reduced taxes and duties to the consumer and to file Form II/V furnishing information about change in prices.

In compliance to the aforesaid notification, manufacturers reduced the MRP on these drugs and filed the information with NPPA. (Annexure)

As per information received from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), on 17.11.2022, the Drugs Rules, 1945 were amended vide G.S.R. 823 (E) w.e.f. 01.08.2023 providing that the manufacturers of top 300 brands of drug formulation products, as specified in Schedule H2, shall print or affix Bar Code or Quick Response Code on its primary packaging label or, in case of inadequate space in primary package label, on the secondary package label that store various data or information legible with software application to facilitate authentication.

Annexure

 

Information filed by the Companies with NPPA regarding reduction in MRP on account of reduction in Custom Duty and GST

Durvalumab

 

S. No	Formulation	Company	Uunit	Pre Revised MRP (in Rs) (including taxes)	Revised MRP (in Rs) (including taxes)
1	Imfinzi 120 Mg Injection 2.4ML(1.00 Vial) (Durvalumab INJECTION)	AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited	per vial	45500	40790.96
2	Imfinzy 500 Mg Injection 10 ML(1.00 Vial) (Durvalumab INJECTION)	AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited	per vial	189585	171324.27

 

Osimertinib

 

S. No	Formulation	Company	Unit	Pre Revised MRP (in Rs) (including taxes)	Revised MRP (in Rs) (including taxes)
1*	Tagrisso 40 Mg Tablet 10	AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited	per 10 tablets	150154	140769.38
2	Tagrisso 80 Mg Tablet 30	AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited	per 30 tablets	455010	416492.48
3	Tagrisso 80 Mg Tablet 10	AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited	per 10 tablets	151670	138830.83

 

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan

 

S. No	Formulation	Company	Unit	Pre Revised MRP (in Rs) (including taxes)	Revised MRP (in Rs) (including taxes)
1	Enhertu 100mg/5ml Inj. Vial(1.00 Vial) (Trastuzumab VIAL)	AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited	per vial	187000	167069.17

*As informed by the company vide letter dated 19.11.2024, downward revision on account of BCD becoming Nil shall be implemented when the stocks benefitting from BCD relief are released for commercial sales in the market.

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Smt Anupriya Patel in Lok Sabha in written reply to a question today.

 

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