Working Group on Access to Medicines and Treatments

Rule Changes

Analysed the 137-drug list and questioned the cap's reach

Sarojam Radhakrishnan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. The targeted drugs her doctors prescribed cost more than 63,000 rupees a month, so the retired Kerala bank clerk petitioned the high court. The case reached India's Supreme Court, which examined what hospitals and retailers added to drug prices.

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