uk doh announces generics pricing proposal for nhs

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PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 429 - 13 Sep 2003

■ The UK Department of Health (DoH) haspublished long-awaited proposals for pricing,reimbursement and supply arrangements for genericdrugs under the NHS, says the Pharmaceutical Journal.Drug manufacturers will be allowed to set their ownprices in a competitive market, although in monopolyand near-monopoly situations, constraints on priceincreases will be imposed. Pricing and supplyproblems in the generic market in 1999 form the basisof the proposals.*

* see PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 325: 11, 11 Aug2001; see PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 325 p11;800817652

Proposals announced for pricing of generic medicines for NHS in England.Pharmaceutical Journal 271: 285, No. 7265, 6 Sep 2003 800943450

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PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 13 Sep 2003 No. 4291173-5503/10/0429-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved

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