He added the topic has been discussed in the Cabinet’s Friday meeting.
Romanian health minister Ion Bazac said the amendments refer to the encouragement of generic prescription based on the international trade name, as well as the establishment of the minimum price on an European level and the removal of all exceptions.
The setting of the prices at one single exchange rate considered once per year, upon the enactment of the budget, the removal of discrepancies through the update of prices for locally made drugs in the same conditions as imported drugs and alignment to European competition norms, the calculation of all medicine prices in lei, including producer process, are other measures considered.