2010Canadian Medical Association JournalOpen access

Germany moves to lower drug prices

Kai Kupferschmidt

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The pricing of pharmaceutical products in Germany is set to undergo its largest change in decades as a result of government legislation that brings free pricing to an end in a bid to contain spiralling drug costs. Currently, Germany is one of the only countries in the world, in which pharmaceutical

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The pricing of pharmaceutical products in Germany is set to undergo its largest change in decades as a result of government legislation that brings free pricing to an end in a bid to contain spiralling drug costs. Currently, Germany is one of the only countries in the world, in which pharmaceutical

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The pricing of pharmaceutical products in Germany is set to undergo its largest change in decades as a result of government legislation that brings free pricing to an end in a bid to contain spiralling drug costs. Currently, Germany is one of the only countries in the world, in which pharmaceutical

Key concepts: Legislation, Drug pricing, Drug prices, Government (linguistics), Drug industry, Business, Drug, Computer science

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