He Government Argentine has recently disseminated an official report on the evolution of prices of medicationsrevealing data that have generated controversy in the pharmaceutical sector.
According to the Ministry of Health, medications Imported have registered an increase greater than nationals and that the variation of the dollar, which has put the differences between local and foreigners in the center of the debate.
The report, prepared by the National Directorate of Health Economics, highlights that during the first quarter of 2025 the prices of national medicines increased by 5%, while the imported rose 6.5%.
This last increase exceeds 1.8 percentage points the variation of the dollar, which was 4.7% in the same period. Although the general increase in medicines remained below the accumulated inflation of the quarter (5.2% compared to 8.6%), the government underlined the disparity between national and imported products.
In addition, the report indicates that high -cost medications have shown a slowdown in their increases, from 1.9% in January to 1.3% in March. However, this trend has not been uniform in all categories, which reflects the complexity of the pharmaceutical market.
The publication of these data occurs at a time of tension between the government and foreign laboratories, within the framework of the creation of the National Agency for the Evaluation of Sanitary Technologies Financing (ANEFITS).
Worry
This body will have the function of deciding what medications They can enter the country, which has generated concern in the international pharmaceutical sector. Foreign laboratories fear that ANEFits limit their access to the Argentine market, especially if the record in the ANMAT is subject to the verdict of this new agency.
The chief of Cabinet, Guillermo Francos, defended the creation of annefits, arguing that seeks to deregulate the health system and eliminate obsolete structures. On the other hand, the Ministry of Health has stressed that this is the tenth consecutive month in which medicines prices have registered lower increases than general inflation, which they consider an achievement in terms of economic stability.
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