Keyword: public healthcare

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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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Drugmakers Brace for More Pain, Some Gain in France

18.07.2012 - Lower prices, higher taxes and fewer drugs paid for by the state could be the new regime for France's pharmaceutical industry when the government details plans in September for €2...

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EU Agency Lifts Lid on Drug Data Secrets

15.07.2012 - Europe's medicines regulator, criticised in the past for excessive secrecy, is opening its data vaults to systematic scrutiny in a move that will let independent researchers trawl...

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India to Give Free Generic Drugs to Hundreds of Millions

05.07.2012 - India has put in place a $5.4 billion policy to provide free medicine to its people, a decision that could change the lives of hundreds of millions, but a ban on branded drugs...

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US Ruling Casts Doubt on Expanding Healthcare for the Poor

29.06.2012 - While the Supreme Court upheld a U.S. healthcare overhaul on Thursday, its decision cast doubt on whether the plan to extend health coverage to more than 30 million uninsured...

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China Changes Patent Law in Fight for Cheaper Drugs

09.06.2012 - China has overhauled parts of its intellectual property laws to allow its drugmakers to make cheap copies of medicines still under patent protection in an initiative likely to...