PPRS talks stall

pharmafile | October 22, 2008 | News story | Sales and Marketing |  par 

Talks on the future of pharmaceutical pricing scheme the PPRS have stumbled into trouble, after it emerged a major part of the new scheme will not be ready for the January 2009 deadline.

The delay centres on the issue of off-patent medicines, which has emerged as a bone of contention between government and industry after months of tense confidential talks.

The Department of Health will now hold a public consultation on "loss of exclusivity", and says it is aware the industry has "particular concerns" about the issue.

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Discussions are still ongoing, preventing much comment from either side.

But in a joint statement the Department and industry association the ABPI said: "[We] have notified PPRS members that those particular provisions [relating to off-patent medicines] will be delayed by at least three months and will not apply from 1 January as originally planned."

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