Sri Lanka state medicine purchases from SOE rise dramatically

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has given orders of 90 billion rupees to the State Pharmaceutical Corporation for medicines and a further 20 billion will be allocated for this year, which is a rise of 230 percent, Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said. In 2024, only 48 billion rupees was spent on imported medicine taken form the SPC. “This year we expected 60 billion rupees, because only 48 billion rupees were spent last year,” Minister Jayatissa told parliament. “Now it has increased to 90 billion rupees and in the next one and a half months we propose to give another 20 billion…

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