``Companies at liberty to increase drug prices in relation to the dollar''
``Companies are at liberty to increase drug prices in relation to the dollar,'' said Pakistan Medical Association Secretary General, Dr Habib Rehman Soomro.
The federal government says consumers will save $1.9 billion on prescription drugs as a result of a memorandum of understanding with Medicines Australia, under which pharmaceutical manufacturers will have to tell the government the wholesale prices of drugs sold to pharmacies and hospitals.