27 July 2022
Pharmaceutical companies will be forced to disclose their drug development costs, including for cancer therapies, under the drug price transparency mechanism, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
Tag: medicine prices
6 July 2022
APHM and PhAMA indicate possible medicine price hikes due to “significant” increases in the cost of logistics, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and labour.
17 July 2020
MOH and KPDNHEP are preparing a price control mechanism for medicines, says Dr Adham Baba.
19 May 2020
US-based PhRMA also says a policy is needed to bridge the gap for patients from the end of a clinical trial to listing in Malaysia’s Ministry of Health Medicines Formulary.
12 May 2020
Unwarranted high prices for medications could lead to preventable deaths, said a study.
6 March 2020
PhRMA says medicine price ceilings may delay patient access to new treatments.
14 January 2020
Companies may benefit from a higher sales volume, offsetting some losses from lower medicine prices.
19 December 2019
The median procurement price for originator drugs across the public and private sectors in Malaysia is about 8 times higher than international reference prices.
13 December 2019
Using cheaper but less effective drugs may lead to higher usage of other health care resources like hospitalisation.
9 December 2019
The Office of Health Economics researcher suggests dispensing separation so patients can get cheaper drugs from pharmacies.