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India widens cancer drug price caps, lowering prices of 137 medicines

India widens cancer drug price caps, lowering prices of 137 medicines

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India will reduce the prices of as many as 137 cancer drugs by 70 per cent, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers said on Saturday, as it widened price controls in a bid to make treatment more affordable. Trade margins on the drugs will be limited to 30 per cent of the maximum retail price, the…

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