Measures to curb 'unethical profiteering' by private hospitals not working: Govt report

Patients and health groups asserted that the unethical practices of private hospitals are a direct outcome of the regulatory vacuum

US sound and fury over drug prices

The US Senate is outraged by the rapacious pricing policy of drug firms but will it act to reform the system?

Remdesivir: Predatory pricing of an unproven drug

Gilead Science’s price for the remdesivir drug reveals a faulty patents system and skewed policies of the United States

Encouraging orphan drugs in India

India needs to formulate an atrractive law to spur development of drugs for rare diseases

Chemists in Delhi to go on strike on March 15

Proposed drug pricing policy lowers their commission

Parliamentary panel recommends price cap for all drugs

Money spent in importing medicines a big concern for government

Drug pricing body puts cap on trade margin for 42 anti-cancer drugs

Experts say move will not benefit patients as drug prices are already too high and the cap only negligible

India to get medical devices parks

Recommendations by a government panel include increased production of indigenous devices and a cap on their prices

Drug pricing policies bent to favour pharma industry, allege health experts

Nearly 83 per cent medicines out of the ambit of price control policy, thus making them out of reach for most patients, say two recent reports