Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, on Twitter, responded to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge s attack on the centre government over the rise in the prices of medicines.
Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that the prices of 651 essential medicines which were likely to increase by 12 per cent due to rising wholesale price index (WPI) will now witness a reduction in their retail prices by an average of nearly 6.73 per cent.
The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed challenging a single judge bench order dated November 30, 2022, which had upheld a 2019 order issued by the Ministry of Chemicals and .
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre, through the National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) and Department of Pharmaceuticals, on a Public Interest LitIgation (PIL) demanding to enforce a robust system of requirement of supporting clinical study and data prior to grant of approval for use of cardiac stents or coronary stents in India.