Shaun Flanagan

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Spending on high-tech drugs has increased from €400 million in 2012 to €700 million this year, the committee heard. Photograph: Getty Images
High prices causing delays in approving breakthrough drugs, says HSE

The Health Service Executive saved €28 million over five years on a single drug by delaying a decision on its approval, an Oireachtas committee has he(...)

A Government decision to fund lifesaving cancer drugs for the 221 women caught up in the CervicalCheck controversy while withholding it from other women with the disease will ‘explode in everyone’s face’, according to Labour TD Alan Kelly. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins
Limiting cancer drug access to 221 women ‘discrimination’

A Government decision to fund lifesaving cancer drugs for the 221 women caught up in the CervicalCheck controversy while withholding it from other wom(...)

Photograph: Stephen Kelly/PA Wire.
HSE considered suing US firm over high price of live-saving drug

The Health Service Executive considered suing a US pharmaceutical firm accused of charging an “astronomical” price for a life-saving drug, internal do(...)