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Union Budget 2026: How Import Duty Exemption On Rare Disease Drugs Could Make Treatments Cheaper
The Union Budget 2026-27 includes customs duty exemptions on drugs and medical foods used to treat seven rare diseases under India's National Policy for Rare Diseases, potentially lowering costs for patients reliant on imported therapies.
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"Donald, I Beg You": Trump Mocks France's Emmanuel Macron Over Tariffs
US President Donald Trump mocked his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in a rare impression, recounting how he coerced Paris into agreeing to triple its drug prices by threatening to hike tariffs on all French imports to America.
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What Is Monroe Doctrine? 200-Year-Old US Foreign Policy Trump Cited
Articulated in Monroe's 1823 address to Congress, Monroe Doctrine was intended to ward off European colonisation or other interference in independent nations of the Western Hemisphere.
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How Trump's Policy For Prescription Drugs Could Reshape Trade With India
US President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping prescription drug price cuts under a "Most Favoured Nation" policy has put India's pharmaceutical industry in focus.
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United Nations "Not Even Coming Close To Living Up" To Its Potential: Trump
President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the world body as a feckless institution.
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"Only Way To Solve World's Problems": White House Official On "Closer" US-India Ties
Dr Rahul Gupta, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said it is important for the safety security and health of the world that the two nations accelerate their partnership.
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Indian-American Confirmed As Director Of US National Drug Control Policy
Dr Rahul Gupta, a veteran Indian-American primary care physician, has been confirmed by US Senate as the Director of National Drug Control Policy, making him the first medical doctor to ever lead the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
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No Patient Shall Be Denied Hospitalisation For Lack Of Local Address Proof: Supreme Court
Supreme Court has directed Centre to formulate within 2 weeks a national policy on admissions to hospitals in wake of Covid 2nd wave and said no patient shall be denied hospitalisation or essential drugs in any state for lack of local address proof.
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WADA Formally Responds To US Report Demanding Reform
In a letter to James W. Carroll, director of the office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), WADA president Witold Banka reiterated the agency's "disappointment" at what WADA says are factual inaccuracies in the report.
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Amarinder Singh Seeks PM Modi's Help To Curb Drug Menace In Punjab
Reiterating his demand for a national drugs policy to check the drug menace, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention, an official said on Sunday.
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Union Budget 2026: How Import Duty Exemption On Rare Disease Drugs Could Make Treatments Cheaper
The Union Budget 2026-27 includes customs duty exemptions on drugs and medical foods used to treat seven rare diseases under India's National Policy for Rare Diseases, potentially lowering costs for patients reliant on imported therapies.
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"Donald, I Beg You": Trump Mocks France's Emmanuel Macron Over Tariffs
US President Donald Trump mocked his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in a rare impression, recounting how he coerced Paris into agreeing to triple its drug prices by threatening to hike tariffs on all French imports to America.
-
What Is Monroe Doctrine? 200-Year-Old US Foreign Policy Trump Cited
Articulated in Monroe's 1823 address to Congress, Monroe Doctrine was intended to ward off European colonisation or other interference in independent nations of the Western Hemisphere.
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How Trump's Policy For Prescription Drugs Could Reshape Trade With India
US President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping prescription drug price cuts under a "Most Favoured Nation" policy has put India's pharmaceutical industry in focus.
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United Nations "Not Even Coming Close To Living Up" To Its Potential: Trump
President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the world body as a feckless institution.
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"Only Way To Solve World's Problems": White House Official On "Closer" US-India Ties
Dr Rahul Gupta, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said it is important for the safety security and health of the world that the two nations accelerate their partnership.
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Indian-American Confirmed As Director Of US National Drug Control Policy
Dr Rahul Gupta, a veteran Indian-American primary care physician, has been confirmed by US Senate as the Director of National Drug Control Policy, making him the first medical doctor to ever lead the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
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No Patient Shall Be Denied Hospitalisation For Lack Of Local Address Proof: Supreme Court
Supreme Court has directed Centre to formulate within 2 weeks a national policy on admissions to hospitals in wake of Covid 2nd wave and said no patient shall be denied hospitalisation or essential drugs in any state for lack of local address proof.
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WADA Formally Responds To US Report Demanding Reform
In a letter to James W. Carroll, director of the office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), WADA president Witold Banka reiterated the agency's "disappointment" at what WADA says are factual inaccuracies in the report.
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Amarinder Singh Seeks PM Modi's Help To Curb Drug Menace In Punjab
Reiterating his demand for a national drugs policy to check the drug menace, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention, an official said on Sunday.
