On Mon 09 Mar, Ruth Livingstone wrote:
> My understanding of the system is this:-
>
> Drug companies set the prices of their products, and these prices
> are agreed in advance with some government body somewhere.
>
> Perhaps someone on the list knows more about this than I do? Am I
> wrong, am I right, does this price fixing happen, or not?
I think you are referring to the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation
Committee.
Alan Maynard wrote an editorial in the BMJ last year which you might
be interested in:
Authors
Maynard A. Bloor K .
Title
Regulating the pharmaceutical industry [editorial].
Source
BMJ. 315(7102):200-1, 1997 Jul 26.
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Dr Ian Trimble http://www.sherwood.demon.co.uk/
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