Independent Drug Regulatory Authority To Issue The Gazette Notification On Reducing Drug Prices -Health Minister

The independent Drug Regulatory Authority is due to issue a Gazette Notification on 31st of August regarding the reducing of drug prices in the local market and afterwards patients will receive the benefit of purchasing good quality drugs for cheaper prices from this September according to Minister Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

Minister has stated that he is expecting to reduce the prices of drugs in local market by 85%.However the prices of expensive drugs will be reduced by 10% he has stressed.

Around 4000 varieties of drugs are being imported to Sri Lanka annually and the drug mafia prevailing in the country at present should be removed in the name of Professor Senaka Bibile the pioneer of making the National Drug Policy the  Health Minister has further added