Eight common medicines for treating a variety of ailments now to get costlier, check details: Report

Eight common medicines for treating Asthma, Glaucoma, Thalassemia, Tuberculosis, and even mental health disorders like bipolar disorder, will get costlier because the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has approved a price hike for 11 scheduled formulations of these medicines by 50% of their current ceiling price. This comes after drug manufacturers issued applications to increase prices due to increased cost of ingredients, production, and exchange rates, according to the report.