- Kerala has set up a price monitoring and research unit (PMRU) to track violation of prices of essential drugs and medical devices under the Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO).
- National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), in 2013, proposed to set up PMRU at the States and Union Territories levels to ensure monitoring the notified prices of medicines, detection of violation of the provisions of DPCO (revised from time to time), pricing compliance and ensuring availability of medicines and other objectives.
- As a part of the proposal, the first PMRU was established by NPPA in Kerala in collaboration with State Drug Controller, Kerala.
