Medicine prices will be adjusted by up to 4.5%, starting this Sunday (31). The percentage was defined by the board of the Medicines Market Regulation Chamber and published this Friday (29) in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU).
The annual adjustment index for medicines is based on the calculation formula prepared by the body linked to Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency). The pharmaceutical sector is subject to price controls. Only once a year are pharmaceutical companies authorized to adjust the prices of their products, to compensate for increases in production costs accumulated over the previous 12 months. The adjustment should affect around 13 thousand products.
According to the resolution, the maximum allowable drug price adjustment will be as follows: level 1 (4.50%), level 2 (4.50%) and level 3 (4.50%). Companies will be able to make the adjustment within 15 days after the publication of the ordinance, which is signed by Daniela Marreco Cerqueira.
