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India slashes cost of cancer drugs after court rules mark-ups are ‘extortion’

23 October 2026 at 08:00

Case filed in 2022 by patient unable to afford medicine leads to cap on drug prices for millions who face ruin if diagnosed

The Indian government has moved to reduce the price of cancer drugs after a retired bank clerk took her case to the supreme court.

From next month, 137 cancer drugs in India will be cheaper as the government tries to tackle the tragedy of poorer patients either forgoing treatment, selling land or falling into debt to meet the high cost of some medicines, which are making large profits for hospitals and pharmacists.

An Empire in Agony: Why the US Doesn’t Call the Shots in Central Asia

New Eastern Outlook

By: Muhammad Hamid ad-Din

23 October 2026 at 05:59

A sharp critique of Luke Coffey’s article on the C5+1 format and American ambitions in the region The other day, another opus from the camp of American neocons saw the light of day—an article by Hudson Institute senior fellow Luke Coffey under the loud headline “The US Cannot Afford to Stay on the Sidelines in […]