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Government Allows Limited Drug Price Rises

January 2008 | Industry News
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Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population has bowed to pressure from manufacturers worried by rising raw material costs and agreed an 8% increase in the price of 265 drugs, representing 3.4% of the pharmaceuticals registered in Egypt. BMI considers the increase to be long overdue - some of the drugs on the list have remained at the same price for more than 10 years despite significant rises in costs of production over the