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KUALA LUMPUR: The Working Group on the Claim of the Monopoly of Medicines and Medical Supplies will meet next week for the first time, said Minister of Health Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (19659002) . He said the government needed to first tweak its own policies as it was sensitive policy issues.
"It will be an inter-ministerial affair," he said after the launch of the 2018 Health Forum – Sustaining Tomorrow's June 20, it was announced that the government had agreed to put in place a special working group led by the Minister of Economic Affairs, Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, to investigate the so-called drug monopoly.
Dr. Dzulkefly stated that the four ministries concerned were Health, Transportation, Agriculture and Agro-Industry and Economic Affairs.
He said that they had not yet called the dealerships. high ranking Officials, politicians and their relatives would have been involved in the bidding process.
They allegedly manipulated the control of billions of ringgit drugs supplied to the government, which could result in high drug costs,
In a 12-page document e-mailed to Dr. Dzulkefly and forwarded to a handful of parties, including The Star, the document revealed the monopoly of the supply of drugs to the Ministry of Health
. From 2013 to 2016, out of all the drug offerings by the Ministry of Health that amounted to RM3.7bil, the first three agents received RM2.8bil or 75.9% of RM3. 7bil.
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