OTC makers are in agony over government’s non-reimbursement plan

A red light is on for the nation's over-the-counter (OTC) makers as their insured OTC medicines will be excluded from the insurance list, under the government’s plan to control soaring health insurance expenditures.

“It will be a big blow to the pharmaceutical companies who rely much of the revenue on OTC sales, and also threaten the government's ability to control the prices,'' a market ana...