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Mon 02 Feb 2010Cost of 300 commonly prescribed drugs to drop by 40% from today
A 40 PER cent drop in the price of up to 300 commonly prescribed drugs, comes into effect today and is expected to save the State up to €94 million in a full year.
Following discussions with Minister for Health Mary Harney, the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) is to drop the price of long-established medicines, which are coming out of patent and are among the most commonly prescribed.
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