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Lower-income EU countries are paying more for cancer medicines
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A European Fair Pricing Network study reveals that lower-income countries are paying more for their medicines.
A study, entitled “Price transparency of cancer medicines: a crucial step towards informed pricing negotiations in the European region”, involving 23 hospitals from nine European countries, reveals significant price variations for 15 cancer medicines both between and within countries. In some instances, hospitals are paying much more for the exact same medicine.
The European Cancer Le