Prices of 60 varieties of medicinal drugs increased by 40%
Posted on April 30th, 2022
Courtesy Adaderana
Minister of Health Prof. Channa Jayasumana has issued a Gazette Extraordinary, allowing a price increase on a total of 60 varieties of medicinal drugs.
As per the communiqué, dated April 28, the traders, distributors, pharmacists, medical practitioners, dentists, veterinary surgeons, medical institutions including private medical institutions, and pharmacies are permitted to raise the retail prices of relevant medicinal drugs by 40%.
Accordingly, a tablet of 500mg of Paracetamol will now cost Rs. 4.16 and a tablet of 75mg of Aspirin, which was previously at Rs. 5.06, is now priced at Rs. 7.08.
Meanwhile, the price of a tablet of 375mg of Amoxicillin and Clavulanic Acid has been increased to Rs. 83.71.
The gazette notification mentions the revised price of a tablet of 50mcg of Thyroxine as Rs. 14.41.
The prices of these 60 varieties of medicinal drugs were previously revised in a gazette notification published on the 15th of March.
See the new gazette notification issued by the Health Minister below:https://www.scribd.com/embeds/572235760/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-KEJzgRjtuDfNL7O3G7xj