{"id":151345,"date":"2020-10-20T06:18:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=151345"},"modified":"2020-10-20T06:18:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:18:16","slug":"drap-notifies-up-to-35pc-hike-in-prices-of-253-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/drap-notifies-up-to-35pc-hike-in-prices-of-253-medicines\/","title":{"rendered":"DRAP notifies up to 35pc hike in prices of 253 medicines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>notification issued<br \/>\nTLTP<br \/>\nLAHORE<br \/>\nThe Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has increased prices of 253 medicines up to 22 to 35 percent on Monday.<br \/>\nThe notification in this regard has been issued by the regulatory body. This is the second increase in the prices of medicines in a month.<br \/>\nPresident Pakistan Drug Lawyers Forum (PDLF) Noor Mohammad Mahar has demanded the federal government to take back the recent hike in the prices of medicines. He said that notification which was issued on October 5 has been made public.<br \/>\nOn September 24, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan had said that the recent hike in prices of 94 essential life-saving drugs by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) was \u2018inevitable\u2019 to ensure availability of the medicines.<br \/>\nDr Faisal Sultan, while talking to the media in Islamabad, said that a \u2018reasonable increase\u2019 was made in prices of 94 essential drugs by the DRAP. Pharmaceutical companies usually stop production of some medicines if prices are not increasing, he said, adding a halt in production by the pharmaceutical companies creates a shortage of drugs across the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>notification issued TLTP LAHORE The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has increased prices of 253 medicines up to 22 to 35 percent on Monday. The notification in this regard has been issued by the regulatory body. This is the second increase in the prices of medicines in a month. 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