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India plans to limit trade margins on 137 cancer drugs
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India’s National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority will cap trade margins on 137 cancer drugs following a Supreme Court ruling, according to The Lancet. The supplied report does not give the caps or say when they will take effect.
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Why it matters
The policy could affect medicine prices and access for people seeking cancer treatment in India. The supplied article does not describe direct effects on U.S. patients, drug companies or medicine supplies.
What happens next
India’s pharmaceutical pricing authority is to impose the limits following the court ruling. The timing and specific margin limits are not provided in the supplied report.
When the margin caps take effect
Which drugs and trade margins are covered, and how prices change