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Price control on drugs from January

In a bid to save patients from being exploited by pharmacists, the government will impose price control on all medical drugs from January 1, 2012.

"Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena decided to implement price control for drugs from next January. Price control existed for drugs till 2002, but the UNP removed it, enabling drug traders and pharmacies to make unlawful profits from selling drugs to patients," a Health Ministry spokesman said.

According to the spokesman a decision was earlier taken to implement price control from mid next year but it will be implemented from January 1 next year on the direction of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Health Minister Sirisena, the spokesman said.

"It was decided to implement a price control for drugs considering three main facts. The same drug is available at different prices in different pharmacies.

"The same drug is available in different trade names at high prices. Patients do not know these facts and fall prey to drug traders and pharmacists who make profits by selling expensive brands of cheap drugs," he said.

"Another fact is when doctors prescribe cheap brands, pharmacists say that the brand is not available and sell expensive brands of the same drug. All these problems will be solved once the price control for drugs is implemented," he added.

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