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The caretaker federal government has increased the prices of 146 essential medicines.
The government has issued a notification to increase the prices of 146 essential life-saving medicines, including dialysis, cancer, typhoid and flu vaccines.
The Drug Regulatory Authority had sought approval from the government to increase the prices of 262 medicines.
The government has also deregulated the prices of medicines yesterday, it has decided to control the prices of only 464 medicines included in the National Essential Medicines List.
After the government’s decision, the pharmaceutical companies were allowed to increase the prices of the rest of the medicines themselves.