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Video: Price of Essential Medicines Increased, Govt Claims ‘Inflation’

Banjot Kaur 29/04/2022

Some 377 of these drugs fall under the ambit...

The changes to the NPPA suggest that the price regulator has been underperforming, when, in fact, it has been sticking close to its government-given mandate. Credit: Reuters

Conflicts of Interest With India’s Health Industry: The Need for Legal Intervention

K.M. Gopakumar 20/03/2019

The collaboration of a regulatory agency with the industry...

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US Makes First Public Comments Against India’s Price Cap on Medical Devices

Anoo Bhuyan 18/04/2018

The US has announced it will review import benefits...

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Pharma Industry Lobbying Blamed for Transfer of Pro-Patient Drug Price Regulator

The Wire Staff 02/03/2018

With a people-over-profit attitude, the NPPA chairman had brought...

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‘Jan Gan Man Ki Baat’ Episode 201: How Private Hospitals Inflate Medical Bills

The Wire Staff 23/02/2018

Vinod Dua discusses a study conducted by the National...

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‘My Child Died of Dengue. From PM to CM, I’ve Tried Every Government Office for Help’

Anoo Bhuyan 23/02/2018

Amid cases of high costs and deaths in private hospitals like Fortis, Medanta...

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Private Hospitals, Including Fortis, Making Profits up to 1737%: Drug Price Regulator’s New Study

Anoo Bhuyan 21/02/2018

The regulator’s study shows that the major beneficiaries of...