HC notice to Centre on new drug pricing policy

New Delhi: 31st July 2013

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Union Government and others on two separate petitions by a pharmaceutical company and an association of medicine manufacturing companies challenging the new drug pricing policy.  A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru also further extended the time period during which the Government has been restrained from taking any coercive steps against pharmaceutical company Cipla for implementation of the policy till August 27.

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