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The Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination on Saturday allowed pharmaceutical companies to increase prices of essential drugs 7 % and non-essential drugs upto 10%.
However the pharmaceutical companies have decided not to increase the prices of drugs in the first quarter of financial year to provide relief to people due to coronavirus pandemic .
So all the medicines will remain available at old prices till the end of next month, as pharmaceutical companies have decided .
The spokesman said that the government appreciated and commended the decision of the pharmaceutical companies to provide relief to the people during the tough and hard time.
