evidence: Aimed at lowering treatment cost of cancer and cardio-vascular diseases that are on the rise in India, Union Health Minister J P Nadda today launched the country's first AMRIT outlet at AIIMS here to sell drugs at highly discounted rates. "Under the AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment) programme, we want to give medicines at an affordable cost. We have identified 202 drugs of cancer and cardio-vascular diseases where the price is going to be reduced on an average by 60 to 90 per cent. [...] "The AMRIT pharmacy would be dispensing drugs and implants based on valid prescriptions from respective doctors. Prices of some drugs available at AMRIT pharmacy are strikingly low. For example, AMRIT will sell 'Docetaxel 120mg' used for chemotherapy cycle at Rs 888.75 (93 per cent rebate) for one cycle whereas MRP of the injection is Rs 13,440.