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Ministry of Health cuts prices of eleven medicines in UAE

The decision to reduce prices was taken after the Minister of Health issued a ministerial decision allowing pricing and registration of 252 products.

Prices of 11 medicines for treating blood and hormonal disorders, allergies and auto-immune diseases have been reduced by between 1 and 56 per cent, according to a senior official from the UAE Ministry of Health.

The new prices on the medicines will be applicable from June 14. “Those medicines have had a 1 to 56 per cent cut in their prices,” Dr Amin Hussain Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary at the Ministry for Public Health Policies and Licensing told Khaleej Times.

Dr Amiri is also the deputy head of the National Higher Committee for Registration and Pricing of Medicines.

The decision to reduce prices was taken after the Minister of Health issued a ministerial decision allowing pricing and registration of 252 products manufactured by global, regional, and local pharmaceutical companies.

“Of these 252, 150 drugs are innovative and generic medicines that have been registered for the first time in the GCC region,” Dr Amiri said.

He also said that the UAE enforces standards on registration of medicines and ensures that there are no delays. At least 7,500 medicines have currently been registered for use in the UAE.

“The new medicines are prescribed to treat blood diseases, rheumatoid arthiritis, allergy, hormone disorders, auto-immune diseases, tumors, bronchial asthma, diseases of the digestive system and others,” he explained.

He said the committee is continuing to review the medicines submitted by pharma companies so as to obtain approval to their medicines’ prices.

asmaalizain@khaleejtimes.com