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PLI boost: Cancer drugs may become cheaper
Hindustan Times Uttarakhand
|March 05, 2025
SUN PHARMA, CIPLA, GLENMARK, CADILA AND BIOCON WILL BE MAKING CANCER DRUGS UNDER THE PLI SCHEME
NEW DELHI: Cancer patients facing prohibitive treatment costs in India can hope for relief: The nation's top drugmakers have started manufacturing key medicines for such diseases in the country.
India's largest drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and its peers Cipla Ltd, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Cadila Healthcare Ltd and Biocon Ltd are making cancer drugs under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, according to information shared by the department of pharmaceuticals with Mint. They are among the 55 companies selected for incentives to produce 175 high-value medicines in India.
This story is from the March 05, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Uttarakhand.
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