Subsidies for medicines remain at RM1
Published on: Thursday, November 15, 2018
Kuala Lumpur: The Health Ministry has assured that drug subsidies and consultations for outpatients at government clinics and hospitals will remain at RM1 even with the implementation of the B40 Health Care Scheme, the Dewan Rakyat was told.Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said RM5 will also continue for patients who sought consultation from specialist doctors.In answering additional questions from Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (BN-Pontian), Dr Dzulkefly said there were no such thing as second class medicines for generic drugs registered through its "bioequivalence" study and "availability" because they contained the quality and effectiveness of innovator drugs.
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Meanwhile, he said, the Health Ministry was in the early stages of preparing the proposed drug control mechanism for drug prices with existing legislation under the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP), which was the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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