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Frustration among MPs is growing over a perceived lack of action on alleged price rigging of the 'specials' medicines market in the UK, potentially defrauding the NHS of hundreds of millions of pounds.
Shadow health minister Jamie Reed last week called for a Parliamentary inquiry into potentially fraudulent behaviour by pharmacists and pharma companies manufacturing 'specials', uncovered after an investigation by the Daily Telegraph earlier this year.
More than 20,000 special drugs, i.e. very low volume treatments prescribed when a clinical need cannot be met by a normal licensed medicine, fall outside the the scope of the NHS price list, thereby leaving them open to price manipulation.
http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/...tary_inquiry_into_specials_price_rigging.aspx
Shadow health minister Jamie Reed last week called for a Parliamentary inquiry into potentially fraudulent behaviour by pharmacists and pharma companies manufacturing 'specials', uncovered after an investigation by the Daily Telegraph earlier this year.
More than 20,000 special drugs, i.e. very low volume treatments prescribed when a clinical need cannot be met by a normal licensed medicine, fall outside the the scope of the NHS price list, thereby leaving them open to price manipulation.
http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/...tary_inquiry_into_specials_price_rigging.aspx