Govt lowers prices of generic drugs again
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government has once again lowered the prices of generic drugs with the aim of putting them within the finacial reach of all segments of the Indonesian public, a senior health minsitry official said.
"The prices of generic drugs have been lowered again. The Health Ministry has issued a decree on the matter effective October 1, 2006 ," Director of Public Medicinal Affairs at the Mealth Ministry Bahron Arifin said here on Tuesday.
He said based on the newly-issued ministerial letter, the prices of 159 generic drugs have been lowered by 0.05 percent to 70.82 percent.
"The price cuts are quite significant, namely about 40 percent on average," Bahron said.
Earlier, the Health Minister in Decree No. 487 /Menkes/SK/VII/2006 in lieu of Halth Minister`s Decree No.336/Menkes /SK/V/2006 dated
In order to make keep safe and quality drugs wwithin the finacial reach of the people at large, the government had also issue a regulation allowing branded drugs to be marketed at prices that were at most three times as high as common generic ones.(*)
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October 3, 2006
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