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Although drugs on the national list of essential medicines come under drug price control, there are ways to dilute this process. Sometimes, a drug may stop being manufactured at all, leading to the problem of accessibility. The public sector units in the manufacture of drugs, vaccines and medical devices should be strengthened. This problem of high costs of drugs is a worldwide problem and global efforts are necessary to tackle this for long-term solutions,” said Samir Malhotra., Although drugs on the national list of essential medicines come under drug price control, there are ways to dilute this process. Sometimes, a drug may stop being manufactured at all, leading to the problem of accessibility. The public sector units in the manufacture of drugs, vaccines and medical devices should be strengthened. This problem of high costs of drugs is a worldwide problem and global efforts are necessary to tackle this for long-term solutions,” said Samir Malhotra., , Read More