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04/03/2013
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Although the federal government has not yet officially announced how much will the adjustment of medicines this year, the industry is already moving. According to the president of the Association for the Defence of Consumers and Users of Drugs in Rio de Janeiro (Adcum), Odari Savoie, the distributors are already practicing increases between 2.6% and 7.6% in price compared to last week. The Ministry of Health reported that the resolution fixing the maximum adjustment rates will be published this week in the Official Gazette
Also according to Savoie, as pharmacies may still have stocks of drugs from the old prices, this increase did not reach the consumer. Nevertheless, in some cases, the medicaments may be more expensive.
- Pharmacies are failing to give discounts and practicing the maximum price allowed - warned.
The executive director of the Brazilian Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesale (Abafarma), Jorge Froes, estimated that the increases will be 2.70% for drugs that have generics market share below 15%, 4.50% for the portion of less than 15% and below 20%) and 6.31% for cases where participation of such products is from 20% market share.
In practice, these rates should be applied only on June 7, when the price lists of pharmacies are updated. Although the government has not authorized, Jorge Froes believes that the increase is already worth:
- A resolution authorizing the calculation that determined the adjustment. If a pharmacy to buy medicine with higher price, you can pass it.
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Source: Extra - online
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