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Guest Blogspot: The Pharmaceutical Industry – Friend or Foe?

Recent months have seen publicity over examples of disgraceful behaviour by pharmaceutical companies. The question arises as to whether the failings have been rare and exceptional or whether they are indicative of generally low moral standards in the industry. Pharmaceutical … Continue reading

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Parallel importing and exporting of pharmaceuticals severely limits the options in designing an effective UK drug pricing scheme.

A fundamental principle of the EU is the establishment of a single market where products can be freely imported and exported between member states. In the case of pharmaceuticals this ideal conflicts with the freedom of individual countries to fix … Continue reading

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