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Drugs companies have been accused of ?highway robbery? of the NHS by using a legal loophole to push up the price of medicines in some cases by up to 2,000 per cent ? at a cost to the taxpayer of tens of millions a year.
At least 15 drugs have substantially increased in price after being ?flipped? from one firm to another, according to information obtained by doctors.
The legal ?scam? has prompted outrage from the British Medical Association ? which has warned that vital treatments risk being denied to patients if costs rise so much that the NHS can no longer afford them.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-hit-for-millions-by-overcharging-scam-8708292.html
At least 15 drugs have substantially increased in price after being ?flipped? from one firm to another, according to information obtained by doctors.
The legal ?scam? has prompted outrage from the British Medical Association ? which has warned that vital treatments risk being denied to patients if costs rise so much that the NHS can no longer afford them.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-hit-for-millions-by-overcharging-scam-8708292.html