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NPPA fixes Sun Pharma diclofenac gel price at Rs 6.25 per gram
The Story in Brief
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has set a retail price of Rs 6.25 per gram for Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's Diclofenac, Methyl Salicylate and Menthol Gel. The order was issued through a corrigendum dated 2 November 2026 under S.O. 6002(E). It revises an entry in a retail price notification first published in the Gazette of India on 2 November 2018.
The gel contains Diclofenac Diethylamine BP 2.32% w/w, Methyl Salicylate IP 10% w/w and Menthol IP 5% w/w. Sun Pharma is listed as both manufacturer and marketing company. The product is used as a topical medication to relieve muscle and joint pain, inflammation and stiffness. The NPPA notice also stated that entries against serial numbers 36, 51 and 52 in the original notification stand deleted, while all other notes and contents from the 2018 order remain unchanged for serial number 35.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The NPPA's price notification sets a retail ceiling of Rs 6.25 per gram for Sun Pharma's three-ingredient pain relief gel, fixing a maximum consumers will pay. The corrigendum formalises a correction to a 2018 gazette notification, making the price binding. For patients, this means the topical painkiller cannot be sold above that per-gram rate. Sun Pharma must now comply with the mandated maximum retail price on its packaging and in retail channels. The deleted entries at serial numbers 36, 51 and 52 suggest the authority cleaned up obsolete or overlapping listings. Whether other manufacturers of the same combination product will receive similar price orders remains unresolved in the published corrigendum.
Source: medicaldialogues.in
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