HealthKarnataka Govt Finds Hospitals Marking Up Drugs by Up to 52 Times
The Karnataka government discovered huge price disparities between institutional purchase costs and MRPs of high-cost medicines, cancer drugs, and hospital consumables. FDA inspections revealed markups from 10 to over 52 times the procurement cost. For example, Gufipol's landing cost was Rs 86, but MRP was Rs 4,528. A total of 253 drugs with extreme pricing anomalies were identified, mostly cancer treatments.
The News Minute·3h ago·Karnataka


