TDS Desk

Medicine prices in Bangladesh will not go up after LDC graduation in 2026, according to a recent study of the Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID).

However, other factors like structural challenges in the health sector and rising energy costs may impact medicine prices, said Abdur Razzaque, chairman of RAPID, at a seminar at the Sheraton Hotel in Dhaka.

Bangladesh’s out-of-pocket expenditure as a percentage of current health expenditure was 73% of current health expenditure in 2021.

Drug manufacturers and exporters, researchers and experts participated in the seminar.