Medicine price display order to go into effect on May 1


Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali announcing the list of Price control goods for Hari Raya celebration in utrajaya on Wednesday (March 19).—AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star.

PUTRAJAYA: The government will launch two initiatives on May 1, including the implementation of the Medicine Price Trans­parency Mechanism, says Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali (pic).

The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister said the draft order which, among others, will require private healthcare facilities to display medi­cine ­prices, is under review by the Attorney General’s Chambers.

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