What kept cancer medication unaffordable for so long?
Just 18 days after an intervention by the Supreme Court, the government moved to cap trade margins on 137 cancer drugs. The first such move was taken in 2019. Will the government explain the delay and fix accountability for it?
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- ameer shahul
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- Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 8:25 pm IST
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