Asia - South

Duque thanks Duterte for backing cap on medicine prices.

Hong Kong’s cancer patients should get drugs at the same low prices as in mainland China.

The federal cabinet on December 24 has decided to give one-time permission for import of polio markers from India and reduce prices of 89 medicines by 15 per cent.

The Department of Health welcomes the offer of local medicine manufacturers to implement a hefty price cut on drugs.

In good news for over 72 million diabetics in India, cheaper versions of the popular anti-diabetic drug Vildagliptin, have hit the market December 10 onwards.

India's war on drug prices has been pushed up another notch.

A group of drug makers said continuing its business in the Philippines "may not be viable" should government cut down prices of some 120 medicines.

Patents and Patients: US pharmaceutical companies are more interested in protecting their valuable drugs patents than treating Indian AIDS sufferers.

Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says his ministry is still discussing the control of drug prices at private hospitals and clinics with the relevant stakeholders.

The Department of Health (DOH) will draft an executive order that will recommend bringing down the prices of high-cost medicines.

Medicine prices in the Philippines are one of the most expensive in Asia, prompting a plan by President Rodrigo R. Duterte to limit prices.

The increasing prices of new medicines and high out-of-pocket spending are among the biggest challenges to the Philippine health system.

India is mulling a proposal to ask American companies to produce medical devices locally.

The Department of Health (DOH) is seeking a reduction of over 50 percent in the prices of 120 life-saving medicines in the country.

The Philippines Department of Health has listed a total of 120 high-cost medicines that will be recommended for price reduction under a maximum drug retail price (MDRP) scheme.