The Indian Government has withdrawn the powers of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority's (NPPA) to fix the prices of non-essential medications. The order that came on late Monday was against the NPPA's decision to cap prices of more than 100 drugs. The NPPA's decision has provoked protests from several pharmaceutical groups like IPA (Indian Pharma Alliance). 'In compliance with the directions received from the government in the Department of Pharmaceuticals the internal guidelines issued by the NPPA on May 29 2014 under Paragraph 19 of DPCO 2013 are hereby withdrawn with immediate effect' the NPPA said in a statement. The withdrawing
