Drug prices revised due to rupee depreciation

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The prices of 64 drugs had been revised due to the appreciation of the value of the dollar (depreciation of the rupee), Health, Nutrition
and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr
Rajitha Senaratne had stated
Minister Senaratne had stated that the prices of drugs were reduced by 200 to 800 percent in the years 2016 and 2018
When the value of the dollar went up, the prices of drugs increased only by five percent in last year (2018)
The prices of 64 drugs increased by 14 percent this year due to the value of a dollar increasing up to Rs
183.