Medicine prices have yet to go down --
The price of medicines have been the source of much debate recently; the price of most of the 129 medicines that were reduced by the government in July 2010 have yet to go down, Labour MP Prof. Anthony Zammit said in Parliament.
Price escalation is likely to create acute medicines shortage in the country, as the government controlled rates remain unchanged, forcing the domestic and multinational pharmaceuticals to gradually suspend production of even life saving drugs such as thyroxin, ventoline inhalers and steroids, experts said on Saturday.