National List of Essential Medicines

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Price of Essential Medicines Will Go Up 10% From April. What Will Be Affected?

Banjot Kaur 28/03/2022

Drugs, including those on this list, have been among...

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India Must Move Beyond IPR-Protection to Focus on Better Health Outcomes

Nilanjan Banik 03/10/2018

A lack of a strong IPR regime and drug...

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Will Engage With Delhi Government: Private Hospitals on Draft Advisory

The draft has been put in public domain, inviting...

The government could soon publish a list of essential diagnostic tests along the lines of the National List of Essential Medicines. Credit: pixabay

India Begins Making a List of Essential Diagnostics Whose Prices Could Be Capped

Anoo Bhuyan 15/03/2018

As the World Health Organisation moves towards making a...

Various medicine pills in their original packaging. Credit: Reuters/Srdjan Zivulovic

Explainer: The Impact of GST on Medicine Prices

S. Srinivasan and T. Srikrishna 26/08/2017

Have drug prices gone up or down? How will...

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Pharma Giant’s Patent for Breast Cancer Drug Expires, But Women Still Can’t Afford It

Maya Palit 15/02/2017

Roche is dragging companies that are manufacturing similar medical...