price cuts
Boehringer-Lilly won’t launch Trajenta in Germany
September 5, 2011Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, Germany, Tradjenta, Trajenta, price cuts
Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly have decided not to launch their new diabetes drug Trajenta in Germany and say the country’s …
Philippines pricing controls: Pfizer ‘considered taking drugs off the market’
September 2, 2011Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, Philippines, price cuts
Pfizer considered withdrawing some of its products from the Philippines rather than face planned pricing controls, according to a US …
Italy: pioneering pay for performance in the age of austerity
January 4, 2011Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, Italy, cancer drug prices, price cuts
2010 saw Europe beset by economic turmoil, as governments have struggled with the effects of the downturn, including considerable public …
Greece to cut 4,000 drug prices by a fifth
September 8, 2010Sales and Marketing Greece, economic climate, price cuts, pricing & Reimbursement
The Greek government has released a list of over 4,000 drugs on which it will impose heavy price cuts. This …
Industry supports Australia’s new price deal
September 3, 2010Sales and Marketing Australia, global pricing, price cuts
Australia’s pharmaceutical industry is urging the country’s legislators to pass a new medicines pricing bill that aims to save Aus$1.9 …
Austerity measures beginning to bite in Europe
August 5, 2010Sales and Marketing Europe, economic climate, global pricing, price cuts
Major pharmaceutical companies are beginning to feel the direct effects of the austerity measures being introduced across Europe’s healthcare systems.Second …
Italy plans cancer drug price cut
July 7, 2010Sales and Marketing Italy, economic climate, global pricing, price cuts, pricing
Italy will cut drug prices next year as it adopts a ‘pay for performance’ approach to drug pricing. This will …
Germany and UK to seize control of medicines prices
July 1, 2010Sales and Marketing Germany, Lansley, PPRS, UK, global pricing, price cuts
Major changes are afoot in Germany and the UK, the last two European countries with ‘free pricing’ of pharmaceuticals. Governments …
Asda cuts cancer drugs prices
May 24, 2010Sales and Marketing Asda, Cancer, market access, price cuts, pricing, supermarket
UK supermarket chain Asda has started selling privately prescribed cancer drugs on a not-for-profit basis. The vast majority of drugs …
German Health Minister attacks ‘pharma monopoly’
March 10, 2010Sales and Marketing Germany, cost-effectiveness, price cuts, prices
German Health Minister Philipp Rösler wants to break pharma’s ‘monopolistic hold’ over the country by introducing price limits on new …
China to slash medicines prices in October
October 6, 2009Sales and Marketing China, hc, price cuts, prices
The Chinese government has announced it will cut the prices of more than 2,300 drugs by an average of 12% …
Pfizer agrees price cut in Clinton deal
September 1, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HIV, Pfizer, price cuts
Former US President Bill Clinton has brokered major new deals with Pfizer and Mylan to cut the price of tuberculosis …
