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In a latest notification,the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has initiated the process of fixing the price of condoms. As part of the process of price fixation, the NPPA has asked manufacturers to provide it with details of prices to retailers. The pharmaceutical pricing authority has decided to have two different prices- one for basic utility condoms and the other for pleasure condoms. The pharma pricing regulator has asked manufacturers to submit a price list along with "supporting documents like invoices to retailer and samples of August 2015." Condoms have been part of the National List of Essential Medicines from 2003 onwards. Subsequently it was incorporated in the schedule 1 of the Drug Price Control Order 2012 as per the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy (NPPP) after which the NPPA could cap its price. The NPPA's decision to previously cap the price of condoms was challenged by companies at the Delhi High Court over the procedure followed in determining ..