{
  "id": 13954130,
  "title": "Centre Caps Cancer Drug Trade Margins At 30 Per Cent, Supreme Court Questions High Prices Of Other Medicines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/centre-caps-cancer-drug-trade-margins-at-30-per-cent-supreme-court",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T12:08:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/centre-caps-cancer-drug-trade-margins-at-30-per-cent-supreme-court-questions-high-prices-of-other-medicines"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New Delhi, October 12, 2026: The Central government informed the Supreme Court on Monday, October 12, that it has capped trade margins on anti-cancer drugs at 30% of the maximum retail price (MRP). The move comes weeks after the top court raised serious concerns over the steep prices of cancer medicines and the profits made on their sale. However, a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "'Why only cancer drugs?': SC questions Centre on trade margin cap, seeks wider price regulation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/why-only-cancer-drugs-sc-questions-centre-on-trade-margin-cap-seeks",
        "published": "2026-10-12T12:25:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}