据阿舒托什·乔希和萨特维基·桑贾伊报道，由于最高法院质疑救命抗癌药物的高额加价，引发市场对高利润率药房收入可能受到威胁的担忧，印度医疗保健股票市值蒸发了2480亿卢比（26亿美元）。
By Ashutosh Joshi and Satviki Sanjay Indian healthcare stocks eroded 248 billion rupees ($2.6 billion) in market value on concerns that high-margin pharmacy revenue may come under threat after the top court questioned steep markups on lifesaving cancer drugs.
周三，BSE医院指数17个成分股中除一只外全部收跌，该指数下跌5%。总部位于孟买的头部医院连锁企业Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.暴跌5.7%，Fortis Healthcare Ltd.下跌6.3%，Max Healthcare Institute Ltd.下跌5.3%。
All but one of 17 members of the BSE Hospitals Index closed lower on Wednesday, with the gauge falling 5%. Top hospital chain Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. slumped 5.7%, while Fortis Healthcare Ltd. dropped 6.3% and Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. fell 5.3% in Mumbai.
据印度新闻社（PTI）报道，印度最高法院要求联邦政府调查有关医院迫使患者从自家或指定药房购买药品的指控，尤其是当这些药品利润率极高时。法院称，抗癌药物高达10倍的加价是“屠杀”，并询问是否应对所有药品实行统一的16%利润率。
India’s Supreme Court asked the federal government to probe allegations that hospitals make patients purchase medicines from their own or designated pharmacies, especially when the drugs carry a steep margin, the Press Trust of India reported. A markup of as much as 10 times on cancer drugs is “carnage,” PTI quoted the court as saying, asking whether there should be a uniform 16% margin on all medicines.
这种审查可能会影响大型私立医院，因为药品和辅助服务是其收入的重要组成部分。任何限制药品利润率或出台政策禁止强制在院内药房购药的措施都可能冲击这些企业。
The scrutiny could affect large private hospitals, where medicines and ancillary services form a key component of revenues. Any move to cap margins for drugs or roll out policies preventing compulsory in-house pharmacy purchases could hit these firms.
Choice Equity Broking Pvt.分析师迪皮卡·穆拉卡（Deepika Murarka）告诉彭博新闻，这看起来更像是一种情绪影响，因为目前只是法院程序，尚未有任何定论。她表示，任何价格限制都可能影响包括Apollo和Max在内的少数大型玩家的高利润率药房收入。
This looks like more of a sentiment impact as these are court proceedings, and nothing has been finalized, Deepika Murarka, analyst at Choice Equity Broking Pvt., told Bloomberg News. Any price limit could impact high-margin pharmacy revenues of a few large players, including Apollo and Max, she said.