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Delhi Police files 113 FIRs of fraud, black marketing of Covid-19 medicines
Delhi Police has registered 113 FIRs, of which 61 cases pertain to cheating and fraud in name of providing Covid-19 medicines or oxygen, 52 cases related to black-marketing, hoarding or overcharging
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Varanasi police begins crackdown on medical stores for overcharging
The Varanasi police have started a crackdown on medical stores that are overcharging buyers for medicines and critical instruments like oximeters amid a shortage triggered by a huge demand
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Zydus Healthcare launches anti-diabetic Dapagliflozin drug at cheap prices
The company has launched its Dapagliflozin tablets in the strengths of 10 mg and 5 mg priced at ₹17 and ₹14
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Price drives Indian pharmaceutical market growth to five-year high in FY20
Ipca's Zerodol brand and its multiple variants used in treating pain and inflammation are an example of how this trend is playing out
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Demand for chronic illness medicines rising faster than acute drugs: Report
Long-term treatments like diabetes, high blood pressure and lipid-lowering drugs are classified into the chronic category
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Ceiling prices of 21 key medicines raised by 50%; NPPA invokes DPCO 2013
The prices of APIs have gone up in the range of 5-88%
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Price cap on drugs, medical devices helped patients save Rs 150 bn: Govt
One million heart patients have saved around Rs 80 bn since the fixation of ceiling prices of coronary stents in Feb 2017
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