Prices Of Cancer, Diabetes, Blood Pressure Drugs Slashed By 25% In Indian Markets

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Prices of 56 important medicines used in treatment of cancer, diabetes, bacterial infections and blood pressure have been capped by the government thereby reducing the cost by an average of around 25 percent.

Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), however, has also increased prices of some of the smaller volume packs of commonly used intravenous fluid such as glucose and sodium chloride injections.