Why vital chemotherapy drugs are in short supply in India
Prices for platinum—the core raw material used in cisplatin and carboplatin—more than doubled, making old price-controlled manufacturing rates financially unviable; additionally, shipping constraints through West Asia have restricted raw material imports from global suppliers.
Despite a government move to raise price caps, the shortage persists
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