drug prices Archives

30 April 2026

Malaysia

Medicine Prices Not Rising Yet But API Costs To Hit Soon: Importers

Drug prices in Malaysia haven’t risen yet, but increases are expected as higher API costs feed through, says MAPS. Heavy reliance on imported API exposes Malaysia’s medicine supply to shocks, though delays haven’t caused nationwide shortages yet.

23 July 2025

Malaysia

Medical Fraternity Boycotts MOH’s Drug Price Display Briefing

Doctors' groups, including MMA, FPMPAM, and Perdim, boycotted a July 21 MOH advocacy session on drug price display due to "unresolved jurisdictional ambiguity" between MOH and KPDN, even as the 3-month grace period for enforcement will end soon on July 31.

20 January 2023

Malaysia

Expert Moots New Economic Model For Malaysia To Evaluate Drug Prices

Belgium’s Prof Lieven Annemans says while innovative drugs are needed to treat diseases, there are limits to society’s willingness and ability to pay.

31 October 2022

World

Cancer Drug Price Negotiations To Focus On Generics, Biosimilars

The UICC and WHO will negotiate for cheaper cancer drugs for low and low-middle-income countries via increased donations, tier pricing, or a voluntary licence mechanism.

27 July 2022

Malaysia

MOH Demands Drug Pricing Transparency, Price Controls ‘Last Resort’

Pharmaceutical companies will be forced to disclose their drug development costs, including for cancer therapies, under the drug price transparency mechanism, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

4 February 2022

Malaysia

Drug Price Controls May Slash 60% Of Medical Tourism Revenue

Proposed medicine price controls are estimated to result in a loss of about RM8 billion to Malaysia’s medical tourism industry by 2037, according to a cost-benefit analysis.

2 February 2022

Malaysia

Medicine Price Controls Benefit Rich The Most, Poor The Least

A cost-benefit analysis estimates T20 patients with private insurance may save RM1.6 billion yearly, four times higher than RM368 million for M40 and 22 times higher than RM73 million for B40.

31 January 2022

Malaysia

Medicine Price Controls: Clinic Closures, RM31Bil Wage Loss In Private Health Care

A cost-benefit analysis finds drug price controls may shutter 2,600 clinics and cause pay cuts, salary freezes, or layoffs of 91,000 to 136,000 private health care jobs.

17 July 2020

Malaysia

Perikatan Continues Pakatan’s Drug Price Control Proposal

MOH and KPDNHEP are preparing a price control mechanism for medicines, says Dr Adham Baba.

25 November 2019

Malaysia

Survey: Malaysia Has Third Cheapest Drug Prices Globally

Malaysia ranked 48th out of 50 countries on prices of common medicines treating conditions like heart disease, asthma, and high blood pressure.

Tag: drug prices

Medicine Prices Not Rising Yet But API Costs To Hit Soon: Importers

Medical Fraternity Boycotts MOH’s Drug Price Display Briefing

Expert Moots New Economic Model For Malaysia To Evaluate Drug Prices

Cancer Drug Price Negotiations To Focus On Generics, Biosimilars

MOH Demands Drug Pricing Transparency, Price Controls ‘Last Resort’

Drug Price Controls May Slash 60% Of Medical Tourism Revenue

Medicine Price Controls Benefit Rich The Most, Poor The Least

Medicine Price Controls: Clinic Closures, RM31Bil Wage Loss In Private Health Care

Perikatan Continues Pakatan’s Drug Price Control Proposal

Survey: Malaysia Has Third Cheapest Drug Prices Globally

Ex-UMMC Radiographer Plans To Sue, Seeks Other Staff With Cancer, Thyroid Problems

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Tribunal Orders Ex-Hospital Director To Pay RM10,000 For Sexual Harassment

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