Karnataka FDA Orders Hospitals to Disclose Base Prices on Medicine and Device Bills

Karnataka's Food and Drug Administration mandated hospitals disclose the base/landing price alongside MRP for medicines, medical devices, and consumables on patient bills, addressing scrutiny over markup opacity. Builders in healthtech: transparency mandates are spreading; B2B hospital software will need to embed price disclosure workflows. Margins tied to markup asymmetry will face regulatory compression.

Source: ET HealthWorld ↗