Antibiotics among new medicine price cuts

The government has announced a further reduction in medicine prices. Consumer affairs minister Jason Azzopardi said the government has so far reached agreement with importers to reduce the prices of 287 medicines and the process is continuing. The new price reductions are the following:   Medicine   Old price  New    price  Use     € €   Ceclor 500mg tablets x 10 14.56 13.80  antibiotic Ceclor 750mg tablets x 10 19.90 18.95  antibiotic Ceclor powder for 125mg/100ml oral suspension 8.11 7.70  antibiotic Flucozal 150mg capsule x 1 9.48 8.95  fungal infections Fortum 1g powder for solution for injection x 1 vial 20.50 19.51  antibiotic Keflex 500mg tablets x 20 10.98 10.45  antibiotic Mirena with Evoinserter 20 miċrograms/24 hours intrauterine delivery system 196.73 192.73  contraceptive Mivacron 10mg/5ml solution for injections x 5 ampoules 25.46 24.80  muscle relaxer during operations Seretide Diskus 50µg/100µg/m.d. Inhaler x 60 m.d. X 1 inhaler 34.80 32.88  for respiratory conditions Tyverb 250mg film-coated tablets x 70 1580.00 1419.00...