ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ministry of Health has raised prices of at least 30,000 medicines saying prices of life saving drugs will remain unchanged.
However, it did not mention that the prices of life saving drugs were raised last year on the pressure of pharmaceutical firms.
The price was surged after the recommendations from the National Drug Authority of the country.
All pharma firms and ministry officials have been consulted before the soaring of the prices of medicines, which the ministry claimed hadn’t see surge since 2001.
Up to 15 percent increase have to be paid to the pharma industry, who is already enjoying an unparalleled profit rate, by people now to medicate their loved ones.
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