BGMA: NHS must complete drug reimbursement reforms or face higher bill

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) will be forced to pay a “higher drugs bill” unless it “urgently” completes its planned drug reimbursement reforms, the head of the British Generic Manufacturers Association’s (BGMA) has told C+D.

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Mr Samuels said the drugs reimbursement reforms are “only half complete”

A series of drug reimbursement reforms agreed between the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) and the government will see the gradual introduction of a new discount deduction system later this year.

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