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

October 21, 2026 · 9:00 am 2 sources

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• India slashes cost of cancer drugs after court rules mark-ups are ‘extortion’
  The Guardian · October 23, 2026 07:00
  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…

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• Transparent minispheres reveal that some look-alike cancer drugs part ways in 3D
  Phys.org · October 21, 2026 09:00
  Researchers at Uppsala University have adapted Cell Painting, a widely used imaging method in drug discovery, to look at individual cells inside small 3D clusters of cancer cells. Two drugs that looked almost identical in ordinary flat cell cultures behaved differently in 3D, and the team linked…