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<\/a> The Health Ministry has raised prices of a \u201climited number\u201d of meds that were in short supply<\/strong>, Central Administration of Pharmaceutical Affairs President Rasha Ziada tells El Watan<\/a>. A pricing committee at the ministry imposed a 10-50% increase on 30 products at the request of pharma companies, Ziada says<\/a>. Prices will rise on critical products including oncology, blood pressure, cardiology, neurology, and diabetes treatments. Ziada stressed that the increases are not a precursor to another major wave of price hikes<\/strong>, according to Al Borsa<\/a>. Pharma companies have been lobbying<\/a> for several months to raise med prices, saying that manufacturers have been incurring losses due to changing economic conditions. Companies also proposed several alternatives<\/a> to raising prices across the board, including reducing the retail cost of certain medications and increasing others to balance things out. The Health Ministry had raised the prices<\/a> of 3,010 medications by 30-50% last January and promised to look into another hike in August if FX rates were to change significantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Health Ministry has raised prices of a \u201climited number\u201d of meds that were in short supply, Central Administration of Pharmaceutical Affairs President Rasha Ziada tells El Watan. A pricing committee at the ministry imposed a 10-50% increase on 30 products at the request of pharma companies, Ziada says. 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