Extraordinarily enough, the PPRS has actually exerted significant downward
pressure on drug prices in recent years. I'm not a fan of it as a system,
but this is an indisputable fact.
Andrew
Dr. Andrew N. Herd MRCGP [log in to unmask]
Family Physician, Medical Adviser to Durham Health Authority
Lecturer in Primary Care, Durham University
Medical Editor, Practice Computing
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>From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of Mandy Galloway
>Sent: Monday, March 09, 1998 10:52
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Shotgun marriage
>
>I asked
>>>does this price fixing happen, or not?
>
> Mandy replied
>>It is called the PPRS - Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme .. supposed
>to *limit* the amount that pharmaceutical companies can make out of (sorry,
>from) the NHS. The main area where drug companies have flexibility to set
>prices and achieve increased revenue is in new products, 'thus providing a
>significant incentive for the early introduction of new products' according
>to a 1994 report to the Commons health select committee.
>
>Thank you. Sometimes I think I dream these things. So it DOES happen. And
then
>we poor GPs get blamed for escalating drug costs :-(
>
>--
>Ruth
>http://www.stamford.co.uk/littlesurgery/
>
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