This is asking for too much. The industry just cannot do this. It is for the government to decide what is to be done. This source, however, expressed the optimism that the industry might do something to settle the problem with the chemists. The impact on consumers will be disastrous if the strike extends over a day or two.
Medicines are an essential commodity and government can take action against the chemists.
But to ask the companies to print MRP inclusive of all taxes will be asking for the moon. That is simply not possible. Industry observers feel that the chemists and the industry have locked horns over a matter over which they have little say or control. The pharma companies, the chemists and the consumer, in that order, are all going to lose in this bargain, says another analyst. The strike, he says, will not force the government to take any action in favour of the chemists.