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Court intervenes on drug pricing disparities
Published Wednesday, September 30, 2026 · Updated September 30
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What We Know — Key Points
Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- The Department of Pharmaceuticals stated that prices of 526 brands dropped by up to 91% after the NPPA capped trade margins of 42 non-schedule anti-cancer drugs at 30% in 2019.
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- The Hindu
The article emphasizes that the Supreme Court is right to highlight the insidious problem of drug pricing disparities, especially given the failure of the Union and States to counterbalance the absence of natural market mechanisms.
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