Prices of another 38 medicines reduced

MICHAEL FENECH

Jan 4th 2011, 17:43

Well done Mr C.Said for a good job. But Sir, what I like to know is that before you started on this mission some one somewhere on this island was making millions of Euros by robbing the Maltese people left right and center.

HOW COME NO IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS ROBBERY.

G Borg

Jan 4th 2011, 16:15

Are we by any chance paying the interests that the importers are having on their banks' overdrafts by increasing the prices due to the late payments by the government? Or is it time to swallow any past comments and dictate the reasonable prices for each medicine available in Malta? Yes you need balls to do that but it is simply urgently required. The price of a certain medicine that I buy is still the same , although there was a substantial reduction announced after September 2010. The excuse by importers and/or pharmacies re the old stock is simply taking a person for a ride. It does not happen in the case of any price increase of fuel and gas. So real , effective and immediate action please.

John Inguanez

Jan 4th 2011, 15:52

Prosit Gonzipn ta' din il-mossa, issa l-karozza flok diesel ser nibda intiha pilloli

g ellul

Jan 4th 2011, 15:34

@ J Tonna

Your Pizza House is in dire need of customers at the moment, I'm sure. Everyone's queueing at the pizza outlet next door, it seems....!

J.Tonna

Jan 4th 2011, 15:27

I consider these PL supporters, writing here, as if they are a group of people who have been invited by the best Pizza House in Malta, which employs the best pizzaiolo, for a pizza.

In their endevour to find the flaw in the pastry (ix-xaghra fl’ghagina) they do not savour the pizza and end without knowing what they have eaten.

But, poor kids, that is what they have been told to do.

EDWIN DE MARCO

Jan 4th 2011, 15:19

Yesterday's 8.00pm news bulletin on TVM informed us that the Maltese people are amongst the first in the world that take anti-biotics when they do not actually need them. I ask: since anti-biotics cannot be purchased without a qualified prescription, did the newscaster mean that local doctors are prescribing them without the need for them to be taken? I don't think this is the case as I have every trust in our reliable doctors. Like the man said: there are lies & there are statistics. TVM should check out where their their "stejjer" came from before pronouncing them on TV as the truth. Shame!

Joseph Calleja

Jan 4th 2011, 14:37

So looking at some of these price comparisons, Us poor citizens have been taken for a ride all along. What a racket and the government sanctioned all of this. Stop the racketeering and open up the pharmaceutical import market. Stop the Monopoly, I suggest the government start importing their own medicine and that is not rocket science. I can see why more and more people are getting their medicines from abroad or ordering their medicines online. It works for me, just make sure you order your medicines from a certified and reputable pharmacy. Mr Said, We cannot afford these exorbitant prices anymore.

Andrew Gatt

Jan 4th 2011, 14:31

Errrr...............after reading the list, its actually 23 medicines. The difference? In the dosage or contents. The brands are the same.

Price reductions are fine, but PLEASE stop assuming that we're all mathematically-challenged, gormless idiots.

Gaetano Brimmer

Jan 4th 2011, 13:54

No thanks, Minister cause from near by Sicily and in all Italy Fosavance® 4 Tablets X(70mg/2800iu) sell at 25.31 euro.

Charles Micallef

Jan 4th 2011, 13:42

More confirmation that the chemists / drug importers have been allowed to rip off the consumers for many, many years!

WHY ? ? ? Due explanations please Mr Government!

j xerri

Jan 4th 2011, 13:32

The big question is when these reducation would ACTUALLY be implemented, as some of the medicine reducations announced three months ago have not yet been implemented with the excuse that old stocks have not been exhausted.

PJ Xerri

Jan 4th 2011, 13:30

Excellent! Let us give credit where it is due. Fejn hu iswed nghidulu iswed, fejn hu abjad nghidulu abjad. F'dan il-qasam jidher li qed isir xoghol tajjeb hafna b'rizultati li jidhru. Prosit tassew.

g ellul

Jan 4th 2011, 13:19

Chris Said jipprova kieku, imma "I'm afraid" li wara l-Elezzjoni li gejja, xorta fuq il-bankijiet tal-Oppozizzjoni se jkollu jpoggi....!

Alfred Cauchi

Jan 4th 2011, 12:49

Thanks for FINALLY reducing the price of Fosavance, after years of complaints!! It must be noted though that the fixed price in France is still cheaper: 34.08 € x 4 (compared to 38.18 € NOW in Malta), and in Belgium, it's cheaper still - and besides, 65% is reimbursed.
If you get a 3 month supply, it's much cheaper, i.e. 87.46 € x 12 (and that means 29.15 € x 4).

victor rodenas

Jan 4th 2011, 12:29

It has become like a football game,....our team is losing 6 - 0,then all of a sudden we score a goal to level the score up a bit......

Gerard Cassar

Jan 4th 2011, 12:11

This reduction of medicine prices only means that people at large had been overcharged for a good period of time. Hence the cry :high prices of medicines was true and might be still true for other medicines.