Health Minister to regulate prices of more types of medicines

Health Minister to regulate prices of more types of medicines

Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr. Rajitha Senaratne today revealed plans to regulate prices of more types of medicines leading to the reduction of price of 5000 brands of medicine in the market by the end of this year. Speaking at an event in in Hambantota yesterday, the Minister disclosed that the government plans to regulate the prices of 27 more drugs taking up the number of price-regulated drugs to 100 which are sold under 5000 brand names in the market.