NEW ERA IN MEDICINE PRICES FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH: COMMUNIQUE ON PRICING OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN USE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE
ANKARA – Ministry of Health, The new Communiqué, which re-regulates the principles of practice for the pricing of medicinal products for human use, was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force.. 11/3/2026 dated and 11031 With the Communiqué prepared based on the Presidential Decree no., drug pricing processes, source country tracking, Critical arrangements were made in equivalent drug rates and application calendar.
Featured Titles and New Arrangements
Source Country List Protected: The EU countries that are taken as basis in determining the real source price are again France., Spain, Italy, Set as Portugal and Greece.
Date Updated in Price Protected Product Description: Price protection limit applied based on the date when an active substance first entered the market in the world. 1/1/2000 redefined as. If there is even a single unprotected substance in combinations containing more than one active substance, the product will not be considered price protected..
Gradual Support for Domestic and First Generic Medicines: Source price rates for the first generic drugs and their identical counterparts to come on the market will gradually increase. %80 (1. year), %75 (2. year) ve %70 (3. year) will be applied as. As the market share of manufactured generic drugs increases, these discount rates will be relaxed in favor of domestic producers..
Exchange Rate and Update Calendar: Periodic Euro value to be used in drug pricing, It will be calculated by multiplying the Central Bank's average Euro exchange rate for the previous year by the adjustment coefficient.. Price Evaluation Commission (FDK), first of every year 45 will meet on the following day and announce the new periodic Euro value.. After exchange rate increases are announced 5 days later, If the decreases 45 It will come into force the next day.
Real Resource Price Change Calendar for 2026
Notification periods for actual source price changes 2026 It was calendared as follows with the provisional article for the year:
TermApplication StartApplication EndValidity Date
1. Term21 September 20262 October 202620 November 2026
2. Term7 December 202618 December 20265 February 2027
Table Regulation in Pharmacy and Warehouse Profit Rates
With the new Communiqué, products below the list, blood products, orphan drugs, Critical product groups, such as vaccines and foods for special medical purposes, will continue to be subject to special conditions. Scale values of warehouse and pharmacist profit rates applied when determining retail sales prices of drugs, will be automatically increased in proportion to the periodic increase in the Euro value..
It was emphasized that the public receivables of license holders who caused public damage by making unrealistic or incomplete declarations will be collected by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance and SSI and legal action will be initiated.. 29/9/2017 The old pricing communique dated.
