Importers permitted to increase prices of pharmaceutical drugs

Importers permitted to increase prices of pharmaceutical drugs

April 9, 2022   11:05 am

Importers of pharmaceutical drugs have been permitted to increase the prices of drugs by 20%, the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) says.

However, the price hike will not be applicable to the drugs of which the prices were already increased earlier, the NMRA noted.

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