PM constitutes committee under Ishaq Dar in connection to enhance medicines prices
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif constituted committee in connection with enhancement in prices of medicines and notification to this effect has been issued. According to notification committee has been framed on request from pharmaceutical companies seeking increase in prices of medicines.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will be head of committee. Other members of committee are Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel, Sardar Ayyaz Sadiq and senior government functionaries. Committee will review demand in connection with increase in prices of medicines and take decision. High level committee will also review afresh Drug Pricing Policy-2018. Local pharmaceutical industry will be represented by Farooq Bokhari, Zahid Saeed, Qazi Mansoor, Tauqir ul Haq and others.
On other hand multinational pharmaceutical companies will be represented by Iram Shakir, Rahim and Ayesha Teemi. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistani pharmaceutical industry is demanding 40 percent increase in prices of medicines.
Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 01 2022
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