The ministry noted that pharmaceutical industry players had earlier agreed to roll back the prices of a number of popular medicines to end-2024 levels and freeze them until the end of June 2026. The measure followed negotiations between pharma associations and the government on countering "unjustified" price increases, the ministry said.

The medicines affected by the voluntary price restrictions in force from July 1 include:
 

• ACC Long 600 mg effervescent tablets

• Advil Ultra Forte 400 mg (20 soft capsules)

• Algoflex Forte Dolo 400 mg (10 capsules)

• Algopyrin 500 mg (20 tablets)

• Ambroxol-Teva 30 mg

• Aspirin Protect 100 mg

• Béres Drops Extra

• Canesten 10 mg/g cream

• Detralex (60 coated tablets)

• Fenistil 1 mg/g gel

• Kitonail medical nail polish

• Lioton 100,000 gel

• Magne B6 (60 coated tablets)

• Magnerot (50 tablets)

• Magnosolv granules 6.1 g

• Milgamma N (50 soft capsules)

• Neo Citran Max (10 pouches)

• Neo Citran for Adults (14 pouches)

• Neo Citran Cold and Sinus (10 pouches)

• Nodoryl Complex 200mg/30mg/20mg tablets

• Nodoryl Complex 400mg/60mg/40mg tablets

• Nodoryl Dolo 250 mg tablets

• Nodoryl Forte 500 mg tablets

• Normaflore suspension (10 ampoules)

• Normaflore Extra (10 ampoules)

• No-Spa 40 mg tablets

• Panangin 158/140 mg coated tablets

• Prostamol Uno capsules

• Quarelin tablets

• Reparon cream

• Rhinathiol 1 mg/ml nasal spray

• Vition capsules

• Voltaren Dolo Rapid (20 soft capsules)

• Voltaren Emulgel Forte 20 mg/g gel (50 g tube)

Hungary's government has introduced mandatory markup caps for a range of food and non-food products, while voluntary price restrictions have been adopted by lenders, insurers and telecommunications companies.
 

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