Karnataka seeks wider price caps beyond cancer medicines on other high-cost life-saving drugs

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Karnataka Health Minister U.T. Khader called for price controls to extend beyond cancer medicines to other costly, life-saving drugs. He said broader price rationalisation could reduce the financial burden on patients.

Health Minister U.T. Khader said price rationalisation should translate into direct savings for patients, and urged the Union government to extend similar measures to other essential medicines where high treatment costs place a burden on patients.