# 4 Years After Her Death, Court Says Centre Can Make Cancer Drug She Needed

> The Kerala High Court held that the Centre has the power under the Patents Act to manufacture patented life-saving medicines and sell them at cheaper rates to patients who cannot afford them - a ruling that came after a petition filed by a cancer patient who died before her case could be heard.

- Published: 2026-09-28T11:32:35.132Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T15:00:26.444Z
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- Topics: Politics
- Involves: 139th Report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on cancer treatment, Kerala High Court, Sukrutham

## How it developed

- 2026-09-28T11:32:35.132Z - NDTV: [4 Years After Her Death, Court Says Centre Can Make Cancer Drug She Needed](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/4-years-after-her-death-court-says-centre-can-make-cancer-drug-she-needed-12109283#publisher=newsstand)
- 2026-09-28T15:00:26.444Z - Times of India: [Kerala HC calls for Centre's intervention on exorbitantly priced patented medicines](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kerala-hc-calls-for-centres-intervention-on-exorbitantly-priced-patented-medicines/articleshow/134545168.cms)

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