Rs 78,400 vs Rs 7,750 medicine: Novartis, Eli Lilly oppose bid to cut breast cancer drug prices in India

Novartis and Eli Lilly have opposed a Kerala High Court petition seeking government intervention to make two breast cancer drugs cheaper, despite their India sales accounting for less than 0.5% of global revenues. Court submissions have highlighted development, clinical-trial and manufacturing costs against the medicines’ prices in India.