Price Cap On Stents Hailed By All, But Serious Concerns Remain | Read
The recent reduction in the price of cardiac stents has brought relief to lakhs of patients, but the concerns over its scarcity in the market loom large. According to a notification issued by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority last week, price of a drug eluting stent has been fixed at Rs. 29,600, while a bare metal stents would cost Rs. 7,260. Prior to the notification, the prices of drug eluting stents ranged between Rs. 40,000 and Rs. 1.70 lakh.
