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Sri Lanka to reduce drug prices by 16% as crisis eases- minister

Published on: Monday 05 June 2023

Sri Lanka to reduce drug prices by 16% as crisis eases- minister By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will slash the price of 60 essential drugs by 16% from June 15, the Health Minister said on Tuesday, as the country sees a glimmer of relief from its worst financial crisis in decades. The island off India's southern coast plunged into crisis last year as its foreign exchange reserves ran out, food and energy prices spiralled and protesting mobs


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