The government has announced a further reduction in medicine prices.
Consumer affairs minister Jason Azzopardi said the government has so far reached agreement with importers to reduce the prices of 287 medicines and the process is continuing. The new price reductions are the following:
|
Medicine |
|
Old price |
New price |
Use |
|
|
|
€ |
€ |
|
|
Ceclor |
500mg tablets x 10 |
14.56 |
13.80 |
antibiotic |
|
Ceclor |
750mg tablets x 10 |
19.90 |
18.95 |
antibiotic |
|
Ceclor |
powder for 125mg/100ml oral suspension |
8.11 |
7.70 |
antibiotic |
|
Flucozal |
150mg capsule x 1 |
9.48 |
8.95 |
fungal infections |
|
Fortum |
1g powder for solution for injection x 1 vial |
20.50 |
19.51 |
antibiotic |
|
Keflex |
500mg tablets x 20 |
10.98 |
10.45 |
antibiotic |
|
Mirena with Evoinserter |
20 miċrograms/24 hours intrauterine delivery system |
196.73 |
192.73 |
contraceptive |
|
Mivacron |
10mg/5ml solution for injections x 5 ampoules |
25.46 |
24.80 |
muscle relaxer during operations |
|
Seretide Diskus |
50µg/100µg/m.d. Inhaler x 60 m.d. X 1 inhaler |
34.80 |
32.88 |
for respiratory conditions |
|
Tyverb |
250mg film-coated tablets x 70 |
1580.00 |
1419.00 |
for breast cancer |
|
Xarelto |
10mg film-coated tablets x 10 |
62.91 |
35.83 |
anticoagulant |