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Mon 11 Nov 2009IMO presents plan it says will shave €300m off State's drugs bill
A PLAN which it is claimed would shave €300 million off the State’s drugs bill has been presented to Minister for Health Mary Harney by the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) ahead of next month’s budget.
The IMO, which represents GPs, junior doctors and hospital consultants, says the money could be saved by regularly reviewing patients to ensure they do not stay on expensive drugs for longer than necessary, establishing a system under which the State would only pay for drugs if they were going to be of clear benefit to a patient, tackling the relatively high cost of generic drugs in Ireland, and by ensuring more generic rather than more costly branded drugs are prescribed.
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