Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 March 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Medicines Strategy: Discussion

Photo of Michael HartyMichael Harty (Clare, Independent)
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I presume countries would defend their right to decide what drugs are available and what price they pay but there must be a benefit in a common negotiating policy where one country is not played against another but that seems to be what is happening. Each country has a different price for the same drug, so it depends on what the market will bear.