Counterfeit drugs
23rd July 2008
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/07/23/forum-forest-stewardship.html
Counterfeit drugs enter the market when the prices of original drugs are exorbitant as compared to the cost of manufacturing them. The Indonesian pharma companies should reduce their prices to the level as prevailing in India and make them affordable.
Once the difference between cost of raw materials and sale price is not exorbitant, counterfeit drugs will disappear.
Also Indonesian pharma companies must print maximum retail prices of drugs on their packaging as is done by the Indian pharma industry due to legal requirements. A presidential decree to that effect is, in fact, overdue!
K. B. KALE, Jakarta
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