German Tamoxifen Shortage Shows Consequences Of Cost Containment

Medicines For Europe Urges Change To ‘Unsustainable’ Procurement Policies

Supply issues around breast cancer treatment tamoxifen in Germany demonstrate the damaging effects of European cost-containment measures, Medicines for Europe has warned, citing an “urgent need to revise unsustainable pricing and tendering policies.”

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Germany is seeing the tangible effect of cost containment policies • Source: Alexey Panferov / Alamy Stock Photo

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