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Is India capable of ensuring equitable access to biopharmaceuticals?

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To help financially weak citizens gain access to affordable healthcare, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) was launched in 2018, providing about 500 million Indians with a ₹5 lakh family health insurance cover that include coverage for 1,400 medical procedures as well as critical diseases like prostate cancer.

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External control arms and debunking real-world data myths

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However, like many other emerging healthcare technologies, they have been slow to gain traction and there is still confusion and scepticism around ECAs, stemming from a lack of precedence, step-by-step guidance and data to quantify their impact on drug development costs and clinical outcomes.