Pharmacies at nearby hospitals hit by government-mandated cuts in drug prices

Pharmacies adjacent to hospitals, which are using an automatic package machine, have complained about a bigger sales loss due to the fact that the price of pharmaceuticals prescribed by doctors fell by 14 percent on average from April 1.

As a number of dispensing drugs are automatically packaged, pharmacy owners cannot record a list of returned goods.

“We cannot identify the number of exa...