The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has told that increase in costs of 94 life-saving medications.
The declaration issued after agreement of the federal cabinet. As indicated by the notice, the expanded prices of these medicines will stay same until June 31, 2021.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan added that the medications accessible at greater costs prior will currently be easily accessible instead. Likewise, he said that the job of the legislature and DRAP, he clarified, is to guarantee the accessibility of medicines to everybody in the nation.
On September 22, the cabinet had agreed an expansion in costs of 94 drugs to guarantee their accessibility in the market.
On October 20th the Government of Pakistan affirmed the second increase in the costs of medications in a month, by up to 22 to 35 percent.
It is essential here that the medications whose costs have been expanded include those utilized for cancer, blood pressure, and heart diseases though the cost of anti-rabies vaccine has likewise been increased.
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