Reuters provided insight into how Dutch pharmacies are bypassing drug company products and making treatments for a handful of rare diseases themselves, as part of a protest against high drug prices. The Dutch market is small, with only hundreds of patients for the diseases in question, but the dispute is part of a growing global backlash against high drug prices from the United States and Canada to Japan, and campaigners said it was being closely watched by health experts elsewhere.
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Reuters provides insight into how Dutch pharmacies join backlash at expensive drugs by making their own
08 March 2019, 12:00 am 1 minute
Article Tags
Topics of Interest: Politics
Type: Reuters Best
Sectors: Economy & Policy
Regions: Europe / Middle East / Africa