Recently, the Egyptian drug market witnessed a significant increase in the prices of a number of famous imported medicines and others, following the rise in the price of the dollar once morest the pound, as a result of its complete floating and leaving its value to be determined by the demand for it by buying or selling, and the last of a series of increases in medicines was the rise Large, by up to 57%, in the price of a popular drug in the Egyptian market.
Increasing the price of congestal syrup and tablets
The Pricing Committee of the Egyptian Medicines Authority announced in a new statement issued by it, during the hours of today, Wednesday, that the price of Congestal tablets has increased, as well as relative to syrup, and they are used in treating cold symptoms and as an analgesic and in treating flu symptoms, and the increase ranged between 33 and 57%, provided that The decision shall be implemented starting from its announcement and sale at the new price.
New congestal drug price
The Egyptian Medicines Authority Pricing Committee also indicated in its statement that the price of Congestal 20 tablets has become 26 pounds, instead of 19.5 pounds, while the increase in the price of Congestal syrup rose to 16.5 pounds, instead of 10.5 pounds, and the drug is taken under medical supervision. In order to treat the symptoms of infection with the symptoms of colds and influenza, which are:
- Headache.
- Nasal congestion.
- High temperatures.
- Sinus pain.
- sneeze.
The increase in drug prices is subject to the decision of the Egyptian Drug Authority Pricing Committee, where the producing company submits a request to liberalize the price of the drug product, then the authority discusses it to confirm or reject it, with the aim of its sustainability in the Egyptian drug market, provided that this coincides with the rise in global prices, as well as in relation to transportation costs. and supply chains, and the price of the red Panadol Extra rose to 35 pounds, by 34.6%; Used as an analgesic for common pain, following it was 25.25 pounds, as well as in relation to the blue Panadol Advance, bringing its price in pharmacies to 22 pounds.