THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia
has predicted that there will be
more litigation between the
Government and pharmaceutical
companies.
The Guild has based its supposition
on a Budgetary measure which will
see the Government provide
unspecified funding to the
Department of Health and Ageing
to seek to recover compensation
from pharmaceutical companies in
respect of losses caused by delayed
entry of generics.
“The first entry of a new brand
results in a statutory price
reduction being applied to the
original and generic brands of the
medicine on the PBS,” the Budget
papers said.
“In some cases, it appears that
statutory price reductions and
the introduction of generic forms of
the medicine may have been
delayed resulting in possible
additional cost to Government,”
the Budget papers added.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 15 May 12 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 15 May 12
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