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Ankita Upadhyay

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Journalist at The Hindu Businessline @businessline | For leads : [email protected]

 New Delhi, India
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Before the government capped trade margins, a patient buying some anti-cancer drugs in India could have been paying ten or even fifteen times from what the same medicine they will cost from November 9, reports Ankita Upadhyay (@ankitaup) thehindubusinessline.com/new…
For years, some cancer drugs cost up to 15 times their new price

For years, some cancer drugs cost up to 15 times their new price

India caps cancer drug margins; 543 brands drop prices up to 15x, with some cuts exceeding 90% and calls for permanent caps.

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Prices of almost all single-source cancer drug entries on the government’s revised price list remain unchanged despite the Centre’s decision to cap trade margins at 30 per cent, according to company-reported data released by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). The findings raise questions about the extent to which the measure will bring down the cost of newer, patented cancer treatments, reports Ankita Upadhyay (@ankitaup) thehindubusinessline.com/new…
Patented, single source cancer drug prices remain unchanged under 30% margin cap, NPPA data shows

Patented, single source cancer drug prices remain unchanged under 30% margin cap, NPPA data shows

NPPA data show most single-source cancer drug prices remained unchanged under a 30% trade-margin cap, questioning the measure’s impact on costly patented therapies.

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For years, some cancer drugs cost up to 15 times their new price. Of the 397 brands whose price fell, 217 were at least twice as expensive as their revised price, and 120 were at least three times as expensive thehindubusinessline.com/new…
For years, some cancer drugs cost up to 15 times their new price

For years, some cancer drugs cost up to 15 times their new price

India caps cancer drug margins; 543 brands drop prices up to 15x, with some cuts exceeding 90% and calls for permanent caps.

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NPPA’s revised MRP list shows little change among single-source cancer drugs thehindubusinessline.com/new…
Patented, single source cancer drug prices remain unchanged under 30% margin cap, NPPA data shows

Patented, single source cancer drug prices remain unchanged under 30% margin cap, NPPA data shows

NPPA data show most single-source cancer drug prices remained unchanged under a 30% trade-margin cap, questioning the measure’s impact on costly patented therapies.

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Amid concerns over high cost of healthcare in India, hospital and industry has questioned whether govt-determined treatment rates adequately reflect cost of delivering quality care, calling for scientific costing studies to guide pricing and reimbursement. thehindubusinessline.com/eco…
Healthcare leaders question govt treatment rates, call for scientific costing studies

Healthcare leaders question govt treatment rates, call for scientific costing studies

Healthcare leaders urge scientifically grounded costing for government treatment rates, linking affordability, quality, and fair reimbursement across India’s care landscape.

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Absolute carnage in Court No. 49 of the Allahabad High Court today. What began as a demand for the dignity of the Bar quickly lost all semblance of sanity descended into sheer anarchy.
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Lawyers ransacked a courtroom in the Allahabad High Court in protest against the judge.
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Indian patent office rejects TB Alliance’s patent for Drug-Resistant TB treatment thehindubusinessline.com/new…
Indian patent office rejects TB Alliance’s patent for Drug-Resistant TB treatment

Indian patent office rejects TB Alliance’s patent for Drug-Resistant TB treatment

Indian Patent Office rejects TB Alliance’s BPaL patent in India, boosting generic access to affordable, shorter drug-resistant TB treatment.

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A revised drug price list by the NPPA shows how the govt’s 30 per cent cap on trade margins for cancer drugs is playing out. Prices of many commonly used generic and biosimilar medicines fall by half or more. Most newer patented drugs show no change. thehindubusinessline.com/new…
Cancer drug price cap: Despite steepest cuts on generics, biosimilars, most patented, single-brand...

Cancer drug price cap: Despite steepest cuts on generics, biosimilars, most patented, single-brand...

NPPA’s revised cancer drug price cap cuts generics/biosimilars up to 93% while most patented drugs remain unchanged, affecting 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs.

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An information which may be very disturbing to everyone. A medical distributor of a particular injection which is used in chemotherapy, his wife was suffering from cancer. She was taking treatment in a very renowned hospital. We will not take the name of the hospital. So the dealer requested the hospital authorities, sir I am myself a dealer and to me the injection comes at Rs. 11,000 dealer price. The hospital refused to administer that injection and charged Rs. 1,30,000 for that injection. Can you show any justification for this loot, please? Why this difference? Where does the money go? Supreme Court asks Centre
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खोजी पत्रकारिता मुश्किल? केंद्र सरकार ने डिजिटल पर्सनल डेटा प्रोटेक्शन एक्ट (DPDP Act) बनाया है. यह कानून अगले साल मई से लागू होगा. डिजिटल न्यूज़ पब्लिशर्स एसोसिएशन ( DNPA) ने इसके खिलाफ सुप्रीम कोर्ट में याचिका लगाई है. याचिका में दावा किया गया है कि इस कानून के बाद खोजी पत्रकारिता करना मुश्किल होगा.  यह कानून बना तो पर्सनल डेटा के प्रोटेक्शन के लिए है लेकिन पत्रकार भी इसके दायरे में आ गए हैं. तीन आपत्तियाँ हैं  रिपोर्टर किसी पर स्टोरी कर रहा है तो उस व्यक्ति से सहमति ( Consent) लेनी पड़ सकती है. इसमें डर यह है कि जिस पर स्टोरी हो रही है वो सबूत नष्ट कर सकता है. वो अड़ंगा लगा सकता है. अगर किसी व्यक्ति पर कोई स्टोरी हुई है तो वो डेटा हटाने की माँग कर सकता है. इसके चलते स्टोरी में बदलाव करना पड़ सकता है. सरकार स्टोरी से संबंधित डेटा माँग सकती है. इससे सोर्स का पता चल सकेगा. सोर्स की पहचान सार्वजनिक होने लगे तो लोग जानकारी देने से डरेंगे. कुल मिलाकर खोजी पत्रकारिता पर आँच आ सकती है. सुप्रीम कोर्ट में आज सुनवाई होने की संभावना है.
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Not a single doctor's lobby is speaking up for Dr Randall. Every pressure group in medicine is corrupt & self serving. This poor man should not be in prison. What a shame.
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Doctor moved to Odisha to treat Adivasis, now behind bars for anti-mining protests indianexpress.com/article/in…
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Days after two ECs, S.S. Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, wrote to Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan on July 29 regarding the working of Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg, the secretariat sent an acknowledgment to both, with a copy to CEC Gyanesh Kumar for his “information”, an RTI response has revealed, @sreeparna_c reports. thehindu.com/news/national/c…
Cabinet Secretary had copied acknowledgement sent to letters by two ECs to CEC for ‘information’:...

Cabinet Secretary had copied acknowledgement sent to letters by two ECs to CEC for ‘information’:...

RTI reveals Cabinet Secretariat acknowledged EC letters separately, stressing no formal EC-wide action, and warns against perceived interference.

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India’s medical education regulator risks weakening oversight of colleges by scrapping 2023 standards regulations. While ADRs remain mandatory under NMC Act, 2019, experts say withdrawal removes the specific penalty framework prescribed under the rules. thehindubusinessline.com/new…
Experts warn of weaker oversight of medical colleges after NMC scraps 2023 standards rules

Experts warn of weaker oversight of medical colleges after NMC scraps 2023 standards rules

Experts warn NMC’s removal of 2023 rules may weaken oversight of medical colleges despite ADRs, risking unverified faculty, infrastructure, and false disclosures.

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Delhi’s primary healthcare network shrinks 38%; hospital OPD, school clinic visits fall. Annual report by health dept flags resource constraints, uneven infrastructure, gaps in adolescent health coverage and vacancies in leprosy programme thehindubusinessline.com/new…
Delhi’s primary healthcare network shrinks 38%; hospital OPD, school clinic visits fall

Delhi’s primary healthcare network shrinks 38%; hospital OPD, school clinic visits fall

Delhi’s primary care shrinks 38% amid declining hospital and school clinic visits, with resource constraints and leprosy programme underspending flagged.

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🚨 LUCKNOW CHALO! Just got the news UPRDA will intensify the #LucknowChalo movement, with resident doctors from medical colleges across UP expected to join in the coming days. Request govt to honour its promises, and fulfil its commitment. Justice delayed is justice denied! ✊
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After repeated demonstrations and assurances from the UP government failed to resolve the issue, the doctors have escalated their agitation to hunger strikes and police detentions. thehindubusinessline.com/new…
Pay disparity: Why young MBBS doctors are protesting in Lucknow

Pay disparity: Why young MBBS doctors are protesting in Lucknow

young MBBS doctors are protesting in Lucknow amid Pay disparity

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For Delhi’s slum residents, access to healthcare remains a struggle. With land and funding hurdles slowing the expansion of Arogya Mandirs, many are left without accessible primary healthcare. thehindubusinessline.com/new…
Land, funding hurdles hamper Ayushman Arogya Mandir expansion, affecting primary healthcare access...

Land, funding hurdles hamper Ayushman Arogya Mandir expansion, affecting primary healthcare access...

Hurdles in land, funding, and coordination hamper Ayushman Arogya Mandirs expansion, disrupting slum primary healthcare and crowding out mohalla clinics.

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In slum settlements such as Peeragarhi Camp in West Delhi, where the government has no land or permanent structures to set up Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, residents continue to struggle for access to primary healthcare
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Clifton D' Rozario@clifrozOct 15
Welcome to Gujarat where you can get arrested for demanding Sunday off, 8 hours shift, better pay, etc! Migrant workers have been mercilessly exploited while the State looked away only to descend on the workers with its whole might when they fight this exploitation.
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In Surat dozens of workers were detained by local police before they could start their protest demanding Sunday off, 8 hours shift, better pay, among others. They also alleged their senior leaders were arrested to suppress their agitation "Gaon Chalo Andolan" @DeccanHerald
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