Kenya: Firms Under Fire Over Drug Prices

Multinational pharmaceutical companies have been accused of overpricing drugs despite being exempted from paying certain taxes.

The outgoing chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya, Dr Murichu Kamamia, said companies have been charging as much as 10 times the real cost of drugs.

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