A tense tug of war between the pharmaceutical industry on one side and the health ministry and DRAP on the other is likely to end soon, with a steep increase in the price of medicines.

A summary forwarded to the to the federal cabinet by the authorities contains the names of 119 medicines that will become expensive by up to 368%.

Although the names of all medicines have not been revealed yet, some commonly sold medicine and their expected prices are given below.

The increases come following record inflation driven by rising dollar rates and petrol prices.