The prices of 64 drugs had been revised due to the appreciation of the value of the dollar (depreciation of the rupee), Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr.
Rajitha Senaratne had stated.
Minister Senaratne had stated that the prices of drugs were reduced by 200 to 800 percent in the years 2016 and 2018.
When the value of the dollar went up, the prices of drugs increased only by five percent in last year (2018).
The prices of 64 drugs increased by 14 percent this year due to the value of a dollar increasing up to Rs.
183.