Maharashtra FDA Commissioner made recommendation to NPPA on pricing gap of hospital consumables
Maharashtra’s food‑drug‑cosmetics commissioner, Tukaram Munde, has urged the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority to examine the gap between the actual cost of hospital consumables and the prices charged to patients. He noted that patients lack visibility into whether a consumable’s price reflects its production cost or a pre‑determined markup, prompting a call for clearer pricing oversight.