"Health" cut the price of medicine for 40 chronic diseases (including anti-virals)

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Monday, February 8, 2010 - 13:38

D announced. Hatem the Minister of Health on Monday morning, cut the prices of 40 items medically beginning of May next, noting that most pharmaceutical items inherent to the classes of imported and homemade, including the list of drugs to be reduced price drugs for diabetes, hepatitis, epidemic and blood clots, pressure, and anti-viral drugs of viruses, osteoporosis, in addition to psychiatric medications.

Dr. Hatem mountain at the opening of the new headquarters of the Department of Pharmacy this morning, the cost of reducing the prices of these medicines will reach 200 million pounds per annum borne by the state to reduce the burden on the citizen.

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Re: "Health" cut the price of medicine for 40 chronic diseases (including anti-virals)

"Health" confirm ..
Validity of the decision to reduce drug prices beginning 40 May
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 - 20:23

The Ministry of Health, start reducing the medication 40 items of May next, confirming that it according to this resolution, which Atkhaddh Minister of Health shall support the value of these drugs, which was described Baloeselp, including about 200 million pounds annually in subsidies, including medicines for chronic diseases and medications that are in the forefront of the heart, sugar and pressure, liver and kidney failure and tumors.

This came in response from the Ministry of Health on what pharmacists placebo reduction of medicine prices, stressing that the aim of reducing the prices of these drugs is to promote their products, which were rejected by the Ministry of Health confirmed its commitment to meet the needs of the citizens of the pharmaceutical items which saw a reduction in many types of companies different, whether imported or homemade.

For his part, described Dr. Kamal Sabra, Assistant Secretary for the movement of pharmacists against the pharmacy and the Ministry of Health as the movements of individual groups within the union does not represent all pharmacists, pointing out that the decisions to reduce medicine prices came under resolution 373 which was adopted by the ministry recently.

Dr. Mustafa added, the Arab from the Department of Pharmacy, commenting on the Minister's decision, by reducing the prices of some medical items as the first batch of cuts which will see many of the items in the coming period in line with Resolution 373, noting that the new decisions of the Ministry of Health and private medicine will not allow to raise the price a drug is priced in market, as well as to control the prices of new varieties as well.

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