Regulation of medicine prices in a liberalized market structure

• In: SIG: Pharmacoepidemiology/Pharmacoeconomics - Posters
• At: Basel (Switzerland) (2008)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: PP-P-010
• By: ANDERSEN, Jon (The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, Oslo, Norway)
• Co-author(s): Hamberg, Jostein (The Norwegian Pharmacy Association, OSLO, Norway)
  
• Abstract:

  Purpose/ background
  
  The Norwegian pharmacy legislation is one of the most liberal in Europe. Since 2001 vertical integration between wholesalers and pharmacies has been allowed, and encouraged by the government. One owner can also own several pharmacies. This increases the pharmacies’ bargaining power. This has in turn made it possible for the ..

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