Israel-Iran War's Impact on Your Medicines: Companies Seek Price Hikes, Patients Face Rising Costs

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War's Shadow on Medicine: Pharma Seeks Price Hike, Patients Face Rising Costs

भारत दुनिया में जेनेरिक यानी सस्ती दवाईयों का 20% एक्सपोर्ट करता है.

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News18•17-03-2026, 10:00

War's Shadow on Medicine: Pharma Seeks Price Hike, Patients Face Rising Costs

•Israel-Iran war now impacting medicine raw materials, making them expensive and limited.
•Major Indian pharmaceutical companies demand government permission to increase essential medicine prices.
•If approved, prices of diabetes, BP, and other vital medicines could rise, directly affecting common people.
•Raw material costs up 30%; supply chains disrupted via crucial routes like the Strait of Hormuz.
•No immediate market hike, but prolonged war could lead to increased medicine prices in India within months.

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