The price of more medicines is being reduced by up to 64 per cent, the Parliamentary Secretariat for Fair Competition announced.
The secretariat said that people suffering from arthritis, rheumatism, depression or anxiety were among those who would experience substantial reductions in the price of their medicine.
In all, the price of 18 medicines is being reduced, bringing the total number of medicines being sold cheaper in the past 12 months to 162.
The prices could be reduced following the intervention of Parliamentary Secretary Chris Said.
The secretariat said that in two instances, the savings being announced today were of more than 60 per cent. Five medicines were being reduced by more than €15 and two by more than €20.
The new prices reflect the average European rates for the same medicines. They apply to medicines pharmacies would have bought at the new rates.
Further information can be obtained from 2144 6446 Mondays to Fridays between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., e-mail: medicines@gov.mt.
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Medicine
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Packaging
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Old price (€)
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New price (€)
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Savings (€)
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Aldactone |
25mg film-coated tablets x 100 |
18.70 |
16.73 |
-1.97 |
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Amoxil |
500mg capsules x 21 |
10.62 |
8.65 |
-1.97 |
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Celebrex |
200mg hard capsules x 30 |
35.22 |
32.84 |
-2.38 |
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Flucozal |
50mg capsules x 14 |
12.77 |
8.90 |
-3.87 |
|
Lamictal |
25mg tablets x 56 |
43.16 |
22.23 |
-20.93 |
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Lamictal |
100mg tablets x 56 |
71.19 |
55.78 |
-15.41 |
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Levitra |
10mg film-coated tablets x 4 |
39.33 |
24.02 |
-15.31 |
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Levitra |
5mg film-coated tablets x 4 |
36.19 |
12.88 |
-23.31 |
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Omnic |
0.4mg modified-release capsules x 30 |
33.02 |
29.22 |
-3.80 |
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Prozac |
20mg tablets x 30 |
25.95 |
20.90 |
-5.05 |
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Seroxat |
20 mg film-coated tablets x 30 |
19.80 |
11.14 |
-8.66 |
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Stemetil |
5mg tablets x 84 |
9.78 |
8.88 |
-0.90 |
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Tracrium |
10mg/ml x 2.5ml x 5 ampoules for injection |
27.93 |
10.81 |
-17.12 |
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Travatan |
40µg/ml x 2.5ml eye drops |
20.57 |
19.30 |
-1.27 |
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Warticon |
5mg/mlx 3ml cutaneous solution |
27.30 |
26.90 |
-0.40 |
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Xyzal |
5mg film-coated tablets x 20 |
11.32 |
9.89 |
-1.43 |
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Zinnat |
250mg film-coated tablets x 14 |
16.49 |
10.50 |
-5.99 |
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Zyrtec |
10mg film-coated tablets x 20 |
9.29 |
8.40 |
-0.89 |