China hikes prices of key drug ingredients

China has increased prices of key starting materials (KSMs), which are used for making medicines, by 10-20%, leaving those of basic raw materials — or active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) — largely unchanged. Both KSMs and APIs are imported in India for making life-saving antibiotics, steroids and other medicines.

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