Ashok Kumar, former chairman of drug price regulatory body National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), today took over as the secretary in the newly created Department of Pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.

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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>Kumar, who had been heading NPPA since December 5, 2005, is credited for his consumer-friendly initiatives that have kept medicine prices under check. Of the prices of 6,939 medicine packs fixed by NPPA since its inception a decade ago, 4,050 was during his three year tenure. </P></p><p class='TableClas'></p></table>


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