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United Kingdom

06/04/2006 - £150m fraud charges for five generic players
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United Kingdom

05/04/2006 - Norton settles NHS fraud claims for £13.5m
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United Kingdom

24/03/2006 - Campaign succeeds in reducing VAT on contraceptives
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Germany

24/03/2006 - Doctors protest against drug penalties proposals
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United Kingdom

24/03/2006 - Investigation on medicine pricing scheme enters a new phase
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United Kingdom

17/03/2006 - Industry and government to strike a deal over faster uptake of new medicines
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Lebanon

03/02/2006 - Government faces parliamentary dissent on health licensing
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Lebanon

14/01/2006 - Hospitals press government to pay debts
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UAE

04/01/2006 - Drug safety campaign launched
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UAE

02/01/2006 - New health insurance on fast track growth
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Saudi Arabia

11/12/2005 - TRIPS to be endorsed as Saudis join WTO
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Italy

02/12/2005 - National formulary accessible online
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France

28/11/2005 - Generic manufacturers wary over possible price cut
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France

28/11/2005 - Pharmaceutical industry hammered by increased taxation
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Israel

21/11/2005 - Government announces plans to reform the Pharmaceutical Basket List Committee
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Israel

21/11/2005 - Treasury's plan to change price-fixing takes pharma by surprise
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Finland

04/11/2005 - Industry bets on price cut early January
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United Kingdom

31/10/2005 - NHS provision of expensive drugs to be reviewed
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Ireland (Eire)

31/10/2005 - Nurses to prescribe in Ireland
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Spain

24/10/2005 - EU knocks down reimbursement procedure
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France

20/10/2005 - Reimbursement list trimmed
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Spain

18/10/2005 - EAEPC complains about Pfizer's alledged anti-competitive practices
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United Kingdom

17/10/2005 - Health insurers reimburse only NICE-approved drugs
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France

17/10/2005 - Reimbursement tightening proposed
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United Kingdom

15/10/2005 - NICE suggests fast-track approval system for critical new drugs
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Belgium

11/10/2005 - Industry complains about 2006 pharmaceutical budget
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Spain

10/10/2005 - Industry questions Ministry health forecast
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Switzerland

10/10/2005 - New insurance cards for treatments abroad to be issued
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Lebanon

10/10/2005 - Physicians and insurance companies settle their conflict
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Tunisia

07/10/2005 - Tunisia and Senegal sign cooperation agreement
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Germany

06/10/2005 - Pharmacists and health funds settle their conflict
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Tunisia

02/10/2005 - Euro-Mediterranean health cooperation proposed
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UAE

26/09/2005 - Drug prices to be fixed against the dollar from 2006
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Switzerland

19/09/2005 - Health insurance premiums to be raised in 2006, says Santésuisse
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United Kingdom

19/09/2005 - Probe into reimbursement of branded generics
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Switzerland

19/09/2005 - Rx prices slash in 2006
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United Kingdom

15/09/2005 - Prescription Pricing Authority changes name and structure
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Lebanon

14/09/2005 - NSSF cancels contract with 'corrupt' private hospital
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United Kingdom

13/09/2005 - Drug price rules under review
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Switzerland

13/09/2005 - Swiss health insurance law under revision
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Switzerland

12/09/2005 - Switzerland no longer a "price island"
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UAE

11/09/2005 - Health insurance made compulsory for expatriates in Abu Dhabi
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Lebanon

09/09/2005 - Government questioned on scandalous drug pricing practices
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UAE

05/09/2005 - More than 7,000 drugs will see price cut
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Saudi Arabia

04/09/2005 - Saudi Arabia to build 250 additional hospitals
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Jordan

23/08/2005 - Ministry of Health launches project to fortify flour
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Turkey

15/08/2005 - Turkish authorities looking to dispense sick fund drugs through pharmacies
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Italy

08/08/2005 - Industry and government start pricing talks
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Saudi Arabia

03/08/2005 - Health insurance market to boom
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Ireland (Eire)

01/08/2005 - Pricing Agreement between the IPHA and the DoH expires
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Turkey

01/08/2005 - Turkish government to develop single universal public health insurance scheme
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Lebanon

29/07/2005 - Public Health Minister tackles corruption in health sector
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United Kingdom

11/07/2005 - Generic firm settles with government
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United Kingdom

11/07/2005 - New generic pricing scheme to save £300m a year
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France

11/07/2005 - Pharma growth down due to health reforms
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Tunisia

04/07/2005 - Single public health insurance to be developed
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Denmark

01/07/2005 - Industry and Government in talks over drug pricing scheme
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Lebanon

16/06/2005 - Public Health Minister unveils future reform plans
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Belgium

15/06/2005 - Campaign launched against the misuse of antibiotics
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Belgium

15/06/2005 - Changes to the pricing mechanism in 2005
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Belgium

15/06/2005 - Pharmacists’ margins to change in 2006
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Italy

13/06/2005 - Anger over non-reimbursed Rx drug price cut decree
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Israel

11/06/2005 - Nobel Prize winner appointed member of the reimbursement committee
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Austria

06/06/2005 - Health funds sick of deficit
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France

06/06/2005 - Health watchdog committee established
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France

01/06/2005 - 2004 healthcare reform will not curb the deficit, says Ministry of Finance
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Finland

01/06/2005 - Centre for Drug Therapy to rationalise prescribing behaviour
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France

01/06/2005 - Generics market to boom over the next decade
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Denmark

01/06/2005 - Re-assessment of reimbursement status of medicines underway
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Denmark

01/06/2005 - Review of healthcare structure underway
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Greece

31/05/2005 - European Court ruling disappoints industry and parallel traders
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Sweden

25/05/2005 - ECJ rules against state pharmacy monopoly
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Belgium

15/05/2005 - Changes to the reference reimbursement level in 2005
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Israel

09/05/2005 - New OTC law finally comes into force
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UAE

08/05/2005 - Dubai Hospital to be privatised
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Morocco

07/05/2005 - Authorities to revise the Medicine and Pharmacy Code
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Lebanon

05/05/2005 - More calls to ban pharmacy discounts
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Spain

01/05/2005 - Disagreement over Royal Decree delays work on reference pricing
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Spain

01/05/2005 - FEFE questions legitimacy of Pfizer’s intent to distribute directly
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Jordan

25/04/2005 - Jordan continues to please US pharma industry
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Lebanon

25/04/2005 - Lebanon placed on PhRMA’s 2005 Watch List
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Morocco

25/04/2005 - Morocco evades wrath of PhRMA
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Netherlands

25/04/2005 - New Health Insurance Act to come into force on 1 January 2006
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Algeria

25/04/2005 - PhRMA asks for Algeria to be included in the 2005 Watch List
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Tunisia

25/04/2005 - PhRMA concerned about patent environment
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Israel

25/04/2005 - PhRMA includes Israel as a Priority Watch Country in its 2005 List
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Turkey

25/04/2005 - PhRMA includes Turkey as Priority Foreign Country in 2005 “Special 301” Watch List
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Saudi Arabia

25/04/2005 - Saudi Arabia remains under US industry pressure
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Italy

15/04/2005 - New prescription procedures to apply by the end of 2005
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Italy

15/04/2005 - Pharma R&D commission created
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Morocco

10/04/2005 - Authorities to establish universal mandatory health insurance
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Ireland (Eire)

06/04/2005 - 2005 Health Service Executive Plan published
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Israel

03/04/2005 - Intense media pressure succeeds in increasing the 2005 medicine budget
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Jordan

03/04/2005 - Ministry of Health launches pilot project to accredit hospitals
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UAE

28/03/2005 - Approved drugs’ list to be accessible online
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UAE

21/03/2005 - Compulsary health insurance to be introduced in Abu Dhabi
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Jordan

21/03/2005 - Health Insurance Directorate to extend coverage of free health insurance
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United Kingdom

15/03/2005 - Community Pharmacy Contract to be effective as of April 2005
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Algeria

14/03/2005 - Saidal imported banned drugs into Algeria, says manufacturer's association
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Egypt

09/03/2005 - PhRMA expresses concern over illegal generic registration
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Jordan

20/02/2005 - Ministry of Health to refer patients to private hospitals
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Portugal

17/02/2005 - Consultancy commissioned to review reimbursement scheme
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Portugal

17/02/2005 - Preliminary Draft of the new Medicines Act published
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United Kingdom

15/02/2005 - GlaxoSmithKline to increase cost to pharmacies of its best-sellers
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Belgium

14/02/2005 - Generic manufacturers oppose proposed reimbursement scheme
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Belgium

25/01/2005 - Industry testifies in Parliament
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Greece

21/01/2005 - Drug pricing unconstitutional, rules High Court
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Spain

15/01/2005 - Government to revise medicines law and tackle parallel trade issues
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Sweden

01/01/2005 - Authorities order industry to slash pharmaceutical promotion
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Netherlands

01/01/2005 - New Medicines Law to come into force in 2005
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Belgium

29/12/2004 - Co-payments for generics change
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UAE

12/12/2004 - Abu Dhabi centre to target medical tourists
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United Kingdom

12/12/2004 - Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions to begin in early 2005
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Saudi Arabia

01/12/2004 - Gulf manufacturer to withdraw Viagra copy from Saudi market
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Greece

30/11/2004 - Bar code labelling system to come in force
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Finland

04/11/2004 - Authorities propose removing pharmacy fees
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Greece

02/04/2004 - New government to review reimbursement system
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Austria

15/02/2004 - Government encourages generics
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Germany

01/01/2004 - OTC drug pricing law reformed
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Germany

01/01/2004 - Reference Pricing mechanism extended
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Norway

15/11/2003 - Competition Authority raids pharmacies and wholesalers
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