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In a letter to Emily Thornberry, the shadow attorney general, the SFO said it was in discussions with the NHS about opening a criminal inquiry into the questionable relationship between some drug companies and high-street chemists. Last month, this newspaper exposed how the prices of more than 20,000 drugs could have been artificially inflated, with backhanders paid to chemists who agreed to sell them. The taxpayer is thought to have lost millions of pounds.
The Telegraph found that representatives of some companies agreed to invoice chemists for drugs at up to double their actual cost. Chemists would then send inflated invoices to the NHS, allowing them to pocket the difference.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...d-of-overcharging-NHS-face-fraud-inquiry.html
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The Telegraph found that representatives of some companies agreed to invoice chemists for drugs at up to double their actual cost. Chemists would then send inflated invoices to the NHS, allowing them to pocket the difference.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...d-of-overcharging-NHS-face-fraud-inquiry.html
(free registration for 8 articles a month)