What is the religious ruling regarding some pharmacists offering discounts on priced medications, selling medicines below cost price, and insurance companies demanding high discounts? Is it permissible for a customer to purchase from a pharmacist who offers a lower price, even if the customer is aware of the pharmacist's violation?

It is not permissible to set prices for goods under normal circumstances, according to the majority of scholars. Pharmacists and their customers may agree on a price that differs from what the ministry sets, unless this results in harm from the authorities. Expired medications that the state has ordered to be burned may not be sold or given away due to their harm. Selling medications for less than their cost price is permissible, unless it causes harm to others, in which case it is not.