FinMin Says Drug Pricing Should Ensure Access to Essential Medicines
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The Ministry of Health has set up a permanent committee to negotiate the prices of vaccines, medicines and inputs for the Unified Health System (SUS). With this, the government intends to buy products with discounts of more than 50% and expand and accelerate the purchase of medicines that are not in the role of medicines achieved by the Unified Health System (SUS). One of the new features is that the committee will open the possibility of using …
Aurangzeb chairs drug pricing committee meeting
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday chaired the eighth meeting of the Cabinet Committee constituted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to review recommendations of the Drug Pricing Committee and the Policy Board of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP).
The Ministry of Health (MS) set up, on Thursday (23), a price negotiating committee for the purchase of medicines to be incorporated into the Unified Health System (SUS). The idea is to acquire large-volume medicines for a lower price, and take advantage of the budget to incorporate new medicines into the role of SUS. Related news:SUS acquires technology to produce the main anti-HIV medicine.Anvisa approves pediatric medicines for lupus and mult…
The Ministry of Health publishes a decree on Thursday (23) to regulate the negotiation of confidential discounts in the purchase of high cost medicines, a mechanism that promises to bargain these purchases for the SUS (Sistema nico de Sa de). Read more (07/23/2026
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