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The Economic Times
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Cancer drug costs Rs 2,700, sells for Rs 27,000: SC questions 10x markup at hospitals

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up hospitals for selling cancer drugs at a steep markup of ten times and asked the Centre to examine whether a uniform 16% margin should apply to all medicines.

The bench also questioned corporate hospitals that require patients to buy medicines only from their own chemists.

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