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Sub-committees were formed earlier to categorise medicines, medical devices, disposables, and other health and hygiene products according to how essential they are for healthcare

The Union health ministry has notified the inclusion of coronary stents in the National List of Essential Medicines, 2022, a move that will help make these life-saving medical devices more affordable. The move is based on the recommendations by an expert committee constituted to review the inclusion of stents in the list based on requirement. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) will now fix the price of coronary stents. On November 6, the Standing National Committee on Medicines (SNCM) had submitted its recommendation for inclusion of coronary stents in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), 2022 in two categories -- Bare Metal Stents (BMS) and Drug Eluting Stents (DES) which include metallic DES and bioresorbable vascular scaffold (VBS)/biodegradable stents. According to minutes of the SNCM meeting, vice chairman Dr Y K Gupta stated that coronary stents were earlier included in NLEM, 2015 through a separate notification based on the recommendations of an

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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the first NLEM in 1996. It contained 279 medicines. The list was subsequently revised in 2003 and had 354 medicines

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What is the National List of Essential Medicines?

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya released the National List of Essential Medicines 2022, with 384 medicines. Why does the govt come out with this list? Which medicines made it to the list?

Medicines to treat diabetes, HIV, TB, contraceptives, hormonal medicines included in National List of Essential Medicines

The 2022 revision of the NLEM came after seven years. Most drugs that have been now brought into the NLEM include anti-infectives, anti-diabetics, anesthetics, etc

The medicines listed in the NLEM are sold below a price ceiling fixed by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

Drugs for ailments like chronic kidney disease, some high end antibiotics, anti-virals (anti-infectives), as well as some cancer drugs are likely to be brought under trade margin rationalization first

While the NPPA may allow a 10 per cent rise in prices of NLEM drugs based on WPI this year, the actual price rise could be less, say drug firms

Revising the 'National List of Essential Medicines', the central govenrment has slashed the prices of 39 commonly used drugs.

AMR refers to the ability of a bacterium, virus or some other microbe to stop an antibiotic (or antimicrobial) from working against it

Order prompted by paucity of supply; weekly reports to be given to price and drug safety regulators

Reduction in ceiling prices of 464 drug formulations after the introduction of the NLEM-2015 has led to savings