Price war won’t benefit consumers and pharmacists


PETALING JAYA: Consumers and pharmacists will be on the losing end if the ongoing price war continues, said Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) president Amrahi Buang.

He said the so-called exorbitant medicine prices were not because pharmacists were arbitrarily marking up profit margins.

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