UK Govt Under Fire From Pharma Industry Over Statutory Pricing Scheme Changes

The UK’s pharmaceutical industry association, the ABPI, claims that “fundamental failures” in the government’s consultation and impact assessment for proposed changes to the branded medicines statutory pricing scheme could be grounds for legal challenge.

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ABPI: The DHSC miscalculated the costs and benefits of its proposed statutory scheme changes • Source: Shutterstock

Proposed changes to the statutory scheme for branded medicine pricing in the UK, set out by the Department of Health and Social Care in July, have been fiercely criticized by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.

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