The demand of pharmacists to increase the drug rate at the real exchange rate

Nurten Saydan, president of the All Pharmacists Employers Union (TEIS), demanded that the euro exchange rate, which is taken into account in the price of medicines, be increased to the real market exchange rate.

Saydan, in his written statement, stated that the difference between the euro exchange rate applied in drug pricing and the real exchange rate is increasing, and that this is the main reason why the drug problem , which has not been experienced for 20 years, has increased. seen intensely especially in the last 3 years.

DRY DRUGS CAN’T GET MUCH CLOSE TO REAL

Nurten Saydan said: “Today, the euro pharmaceutical rate is 10.77 lira, and the real euro rate is 28.39 lira as of today. In the last 14 years, this difference has reached almost 3 times the actual drug rate. Pharmaceuticals can no longer keep up with the real exchange rate that is coming. This difference, which can never be compensated by the production and importation of drugs, is the main cause of the great problem that citizens have recently called ‘drug shortage’. he used the phrases.

IT WAS A DREAM THAT MEDICINE ARRIVED FROM ABROAD

Emphasizing that a new way to solve this problem must be found, Saydan said:

“Even the medicines produced in our country do not reach the domestic market at a sufficient level. The same problem is experienced with imported medicines. Due to the euro exchange rate, the arrival of medicines from abroad and, above all, the arrival of new molecular drugs seems like a dream.

The lack of availability of medicines has become a serious problem for human and public health. Even if you establish the largest hospitals in the world and train the best doctors, perform the best examinations, and make the most accurate diagnoses, all these positive values ​​will be reduced to zero and useless if you do not have the medicine to use for treatment.” (AA)