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  "id": 7991408,
  "title": "Hospitals push back as FDA flags high markups on hospital consumables",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/hospitals-push-back-as-fda-flags-high-markups-on-hospital-consumables",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:15:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ETHealthworld",
    "slug": "ethealthworld",
    "url": "https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/medical-devices/hospitals-push-back-as-fda-flags-high-markups-on-hospital-consumables/134305974"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The healthcare body disagreed with the notion of levying a fixed markup on consumables, adding that hospitals should not be considered mere resellers of medical devices. Instead, Nathealth called for an evidence-based and differentiated framework that distinguishes basic consumables from clinically differentiated and high-complexity medical technologies.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ETHealthworld",
        "title": "Centre seeks NPPA report on high markups in hospital consumables",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/centre-seeks-nppa-report-on-high-markups-in-hospital-consumables",
        "published": "2026-09-17T02:02:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Maharashtra FDA Commissioner made recommendation to NPPA on pricing gap of hospital consumables",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/maharashtra-fda-commissioner-made-recommendation-to-nppa-on-pricing",
        "published": "2026-09-17T03:33:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}