Price of key drug rose by 12,000 per cent, British probe finds
Authorities in Britain and US step up pressure on drug firms over prices
In Britain, the country’s main competition body, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been cracking down on excessive prices being charged to the country’s National Health Service (NHS).
This morning, it announced the provisional findings of an investigation into the price charged by a company called Actavis UK for hydrocortisone tablets, which are used to treat life-threatening conditions such as Addison’s disease.
The CMA said Actavis UK had...
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