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Orthopaedic Implants

Updated On : 25 Aug 2021 | 10:27 PM IST

Will not allow cost of knee implants to rise beyond 10% in a year: Govt

The NPPA notified the ceiling price of orthopaedic knee implants on 16th August, 2017

Will not allow cost of knee implants to rise beyond 10% in a year: Govt
Updated On : 13 Aug 2019 | 10:56 PM IST

Margins on orthopaedic implants as high as 300% of landed price

After capping the prices of cardiac stents and proving that huge margins at various levels of the supply chains is why their prices of stents were sky high, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has started monitoring the prices of other medical devices as well. A recent report is on the margins in the supply chain for various orthopaedic implants. NPPA says the average margin on a full set of orthopaedic implants seems to be 313 per cent. The total trade margin is essentially the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) minus the import price. In this, distributor and hospital get a margin of 335 per cent; the company importing these implants earns a margin of 76 per cent. NPPA put orthopaedic implants into four categories -- femoral, tibial plate, insert and patella. The total margin in the case for femoral implants is 287 per cent. That to distributor and hospital is 120 per cent; the importer gets 76 per cent. The margins for tibial plate and patella are on the same lines. Fpr ...

Margins on orthopaedic implants as high as 300% of landed price
Updated On : 05 Aug 2017 | 1:24 AM IST