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Why the new drug price controls won't impact most consumers
What the new pricing policy does is that it replaces the earlier regime, in which prices of drugs were calculated based on the cost of manufacture, with a regime that decides the prices based on existing market prices of top selling brands. The new regime takes the average of the three brands that have one percent of the market share. #UPA #Supreme Court #CriticalPoint #Cipla #WHO #World Health Organisation #Medical #Drug Price Control Order #NLEM
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How new drug policy impacts pharma and consumers
Stepping up its battle for cheaper medicines, the Indian government yesterday issued the Drug Price Control Order 2013, which will bring down the prices by up to 80 percent. #HowThisWorks #India #Cipla #Ranbaxy #Medicines #Drug pricing policy
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New price control regime to cut drugs cost by up to 80%
Industry experts said the implementation of the new drug policy will lead to slashing of prices of many anti-cancer and anti-infective drugs by 50-80 percent. #NewsTracker #Medicines #life saving drugs #Drug Price Control
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Sensex at 20000: Markets will give credit where it is due
A good budget will see markets taking up PSU stocks along with the broad market and since PSU stocks have underperformed over the last two years the catch up could fetch handsome returns to investors. #Sensex #Stock market #Budget2013 #Fuel Subsidy #Diesel Price HIke
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Why inflation is good for the poor...and the government
Is inflation as bad for the poor as it is made out to be? The answer seems to be a qualified no... #Business/Finance #Inflation #PriceWatch #Real interest rate #Inflation tax
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Prices: Between a rock and a hard place, as always
We know what is impacting prices, but no matter what you do, there is no optimal solution to the rising problem of inflation. #Inflation #WPI #Core inflation #CPI #Price Pressure
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TVNZRebound in power prices drives gain in producer prices
New Zealand producers' input and output prices posted the biggest gains in almost two years in the first quarter, driven by a rebound in electricity prices and higher prices for dairy manufacturers. Producer input prices, which are a measure of wholesale #
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China DailyHome prices rise slower in April
BEIJING - New home prices rose at a slower pace in Chinese cities in April as the government's recent tightening measures started to take effect, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Saturday. Of a statistical pool of 70 major Chin #Beijing #Shanghai #China
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MyDesert.com | The Desert SunUS wholesale prices tumbling
WASHINGTON — Sharp drops in fuel and food costs reduced a measure of U.S. wholesale prices in April by the most in three years. Outside those volatile categories, inflation stayed low. The producer price index, which measures price changes before they re #Federal Reserve #Labor Department #Palm Springs