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A lot on the table as Big Pharma prepares to sit down with State over medicines
- Health & Pharma
- October 10, 2020, 05:10
“What we want to do is correct the innovation paradox...” It’s a bad start to an interview and a raised eyebrow persuades Paul Reid to explain the man(...)

Calls for new government to give faster access to life-saving drugs
- Health & Pharma
- February 4, 2020, 04:43
Drug companies have called on political leaders to prioritise faster access to life-saving medicines under any new government as controversy arose ove(...)

Call on Harris to focus on supply of medicines after Brexit
- Health & Pharma
- November 7, 2018, 05:53
Pharmaceutical companies in Ireland have called on Minister for Health Simon Harris to host a roundtable meeting to ensure the continued supply of med(...)

Big Pharma bids to build bridges in Ireland
- Health & Pharma
- November 3, 2018, 05:10
Big Pharma in Ireland has an image problem. At least that’s how it sees it. “I think we are not seen as a trusted partner,” says Aidan Lynch, presid(...)

Call for fresh approach to funding new medicines
- Health & Pharma
- October 4, 2018, 17:06
The pharmaceutical industry is urging the Government to introduce “predictable multiannual budgeting” for breakthrough medicines in the budget process(...)

Pharma body calls for more State funding on medicines
- Health & Pharma
- July 2, 2018, 18:40
Prices across 750 medicines have fallen in a move that will save the Government €15 million on its drugs budget, according to the industry body Ipha. (...)

Price pressure keeps nine new drugs from Irish patients
- Health & Pharma
- April 23, 2018, 05:55
Irish patients are being denied access to nine drugs that are widely available across Europe, largely on cost grounds. The drugs – most of them cance(...)

Crunch meeting fails to agree funding for new medicines
- Health & Pharma
- July 17, 2017, 05:30
Drug companies are increasingly frustrated at the Government’s failure to offer any assurances on clearing a logjam of new medicines that are waiting (...)

Patients suffer as new drugs languish on Minister’s desk
- Health & Pharma
- July 8, 2017, 06:45
The full cost of the Government decision to approve cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi is beginning to be felt by the health service and patients less than (...)

Pfizer cuts price of Enbrel to match rival ‘biosimilar’ drug
- Health & Pharma
- October 25, 2016, 05:12
The price of one of the world’s most popular drugs is falling 30 per cent in Ireland under the terms of a recently signed pricing agreement. Enbrel,(...)