Keyword: healthcare budgets

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EU Crisis Piles on Pain for Europe's Drugmakers

26.07.2012 - Europe's sick economy is infecting its pharmaceuticals sector, traditionally one of the region's most successful industries. Price cuts to rein in healthcare spending reached...

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Greek Health System Crumbles under Weight of Crisis

15.06.2012 - Greece's rundown state hospitals are cutting off vital drugs, limiting non-urgent operations and rationing even basic medical materials for exhausted doctors as a combination of...

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Spain Coughs up Billions to Keep Regions in Medicine

09.06.2012 - Spain finalised plans to pay off the healthcare debts of its regions on Friday as some pharmacists closed their doors in protest over unpaid bills in the country, where drugmaker...

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Drugmakers Slam "Punitive" German Pricing Measures

09.06.2012 - The pharmaceutical industry hit out on Friday at "punitive" measures introduced recently by Germany to rein in medicine costs, underscoring the growing pressure being felt by...