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'Why only cancer drugs?': SC questions Centre on trade margin cap, seeks wider price regulation

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took note of the Centre's decision to impose a 30 per cent cap on trade margins for specified cancer drugs but sought to know why similar scrutiny could not extend to other medicines.

Livemint 12/10/2026, 5:55:01 pm IST

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2 of our sources carried this story over 0.3 hours. Free Press Journal filed first, at 17:38 IST. The headlines below are each outlet's own wording, in the order they published.

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17:38 Free Press Journal Centre Caps Cancer Drug Trade Margins At 30 Per Cent, Supreme Court Questions High Prices Of Other Medicines
17:55 Livemint 'Why only cancer drugs?': SC questions Centre on trade margin cap, seeks wider price regulation

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