Kinshasa, September 27th, 2026 (CPA).- The price of some pharmaceutical products, including Microlax (four suppositories, a locally acting laxative), has fallen on markets in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), from CDF 8,500 to CDF 6,500, CPA observed Sunday during a mini-survey.
“The prices of some medicines have undergone significant changes across Kinshasa. This is the case with Microlax (four suppositories imported from France), whose price has fallen from CDF 8,500 to CDF 6,500, and Manadiar (10 tablets manufactured in the DRC, used against diarrhea and yeast infections), which is now sold at CDF 6,400 instead of CDF 6,900,” said Mimi Mbombo, a saleswoman at a pharmaceutical depot in Mariano, in the Kalamu municipality, in central Kinshasa. According to her, the improvement in prices is explained by the stabilization of customs costs and better-organized logistics, thereby limiting the impact of additional costs on retail prices. “Our country imports almost all of its medicines, and the stabilization of international prices is now making it possible to reduce prices in our pharmacies,” she added. She said that prices of other products had also fallen. Meyamicine (20 anti-diarrheal tablets manufactured in the DRC) is now sold at CDF 7,500, compared with CDF 8,000 previously; Nobacter soap (Germany) has fallen from CDF 10,000 to CDF 9,000; Vermox Janssen (a deworming medicine manufactured in France) has dropped from CDF 8,000 to CDF 7,500; while Candisten cream (an antifungal manufactured in France) is currently sold at CDF 4,500, compared with CDF 4,000 previously.
Prices of other pharmaceutical products increase
Furthermore, Ms. Mbombo said that the prices of several other products had increased. These include Budoc children’s syrup (paracetamol manufactured in India), which rose from CDF 3,000 to CDF 4,000; Pedifen children’s syrup (ibuprofen-based, manufactured in India), from CDF 8,000 to CDF 9,000; Indocide (10 anti-inflammatory tablets, India), from CDF 500 to CDF 800; Normegyl (antibiotic, 10 tablets), from CDF 3,500 to CDF 4,000; and a carton of Pyrantox syrup (deworming medicine), from CDF 3,000 to CDF 3,700.
Prices of several pharmaceutical products remain stable
Ms. Mbombo also said that the prices of several medicines had remained stable for some time in Kinshasa’s pharmaceutical depots. She attributed this stability to the strengthening of the Congolese franc, both nationally and in the capital.
According to her, the following prices remain unchanged: Tanzol (deworming tablets, France), at CDF 500; Ubicap Forte (painkiller, 10 capsules, India), at CDF 1,000; Loprade (anti-diarrheal, six tablets, India), at CDF 500; a carton of 24 “Ok” condoms (Malaysia), at CDF 1,000; Funbact soap (75 g, India), at CDF 2,500; Germol soap (75 g), at CDF 1,500; Clarinez syrup (decongestant medicine, India), at CDF 2,000; Tusiplex syrup (cough suppressant, India), at CDF 2,800; and Efferalgan (painkiller, eight tablets, France), at CDF 5,000.