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Older Medicines Rebate Will Test UK’s New Pricing & Access Scheme

 
• By Leela Barham

As the UK government implements a new rebate system for older medicines as part of the new pricing deal, industry trade bodies and experts suggest that exceptions will have to be made, such as higher prices or lower rebate levels for specific products.  

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Calculating the size of rebates is a key part of the UK's new pricing system • Source: Shutterstock

Industry experts are already predicting challenges in implementing the rebate on older medicines under the UK’s new drug pricing and access scheme, VPAG, as companies with such products wait to hear what their rebate rates will be at the end of March.

David Watson, executive director of patient access at the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, told a 1 March Life Science Access Academy webinar that

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