Pharma industry seeks meeting with officials over ‘puzzling’ medicine price increase set by health minister
The Pharmaceutical Task Group had anticipated a price hike broadly in line with average consumer price inflation for 2022
09 January 2023 - 16:56
SA’s key industry association for pharmaceutical manufacturers is to seek a meeting with senior health officials over the “puzzling” 3.28% maximum price increase for private sector medicine sales in 2023.
The Pharmaceutical Task Group (PTG) says it had anticipated a price hike broadly in line with average consumer price inflation for 2022, which the SA Reserve Bank forecast in November would come in at 6.7%...
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