NPPA price list for medicines and how to check each entry
Find the NPPA price list by therapeutic category. Match the formulation and priced unit, then check notifications before using a figure as a current price.
Find the NPPA price list on the authority's therapeutic-category ceiling price page. Match the exact formulation and priced unit, then check the latest applicable notification before using a figure as today's price.
The category documents discussed here are dated March 2026. Their date does not establish when every listed price took effect or whether later revisions exist. Keep the document date beside any figure you copy into a pricing record.
Where to find the NPPA price list
The official category page is the starting point for these five groups:
- Anti-cancer medicines
- Anti-diabetes medicines
- Anti-HIV medicines
- Anti-TB medicines
- Cardiovascular medicines
These five category documents do not establish the full scope of medicines under price control. If you cannot find a formulation, don't infer that it is outside price control. Continue checking with NPPA rather than treating an absent entry as a regulatory answer.
For historical prices, use the separate Compendium of Prices. Its 2022 records include formulation details, priced units, ceiling-price figures, S.O. numbers and notification dates. Those references help you trace an older notification. They do not establish whether its price remains in force. Use the compendium for a historical question, and check later notifications for a current one.
How to check the right formulation
Start with the medicine's name, but don't stop there. Compare its strength, dosage form and release type with the listed entry. Then record the unit beside the price. The category records distinguish these fields, including ordinary and modified-release metformin tablets.
For example, the March 2026 anti-diabetes document lists metformin 1000 mg tablets at ₹3.57 per tablet. It lists metformin modified-release 1000 mg tablets at ₹4.15 per tablet. These are dated ceiling-price examples, not current price quotations. The strength matches, but the release form does not.
Keep each comparison tied to its own source entry. Don't transfer a price between strengths or release types because the medicine names look similar. If the pack description and the listed formulation do not match, resolve that difference before relying on the figure. A name-only search is a starting point, not a completed check.
Check the unit separately. An entry priced for "1 Tablet" does not, by itself, establish the current MRP of a whole strip. Match the listed unit to the pack quantity before comparing figures. Do not label an arithmetic extension of an old per-tablet figure as an authorised current pack MRP.
Before signing off a price check:
- Save the exact formulation match and the document date.
- Check the latest applicable notification through NPPA.
- If starting from a compendium entry, follow its S.O. number and notification date, then check for later revisions.
- Keep the source and notification reference with your team's pricing record.
This is a practical checking workflow, not a statutory recordkeeping requirement. For a team handover, preserve enough detail that a colleague can identify the same entry without guessing which strength, release form or unit you used.
Why an old DPCO PDF is not a current MRP list
A search for "latest DPCO price list" or "DPCO price list 2018 with MRP PDF" can lead you to an archive. For a current decision, use the document's date and notification trail rather than the year in a search result.
The older compendium records metformin 500 mg immediate-release tablets at ₹1.67 per tablet under S.O. 1499(E), dated 30 March 2022. The March 2026 category document gives ₹2.07 per tablet for metformin 500 mg tablets. Neither example establishes today's price or identifies every intervening revision.
Also keep historical bulk-drug material separate. NPPA's List of Bulk Drugs Under DPCO 1995 is not evidence of a current scheduled-formulation price. A familiar medicine name in an old list is insufficient for a present-day pricing decision.
RegAffairs AI's NPPA price-list answer links the official category documents and historical compendium records.