UK industry condemns specials "drug pricing racket"
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Some pharmaceutical companies in the UK and pharmacists have been fixing the prices of so-called "specials", unlicensed drugs prescribed for patients who have no licensed options, according to an undercover sting by the Daily Telegraph. Both the Association of Pharmaceutical Specials Manufacturers, which represents the companies that make these medicines, and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry have condemned the "alleged" activities.