Fight With Pharmacy Industry for Lower Medicine Prices Will Be One of Vinkele's Priorities

RIGA, Feb 28 LETA) One of the priorities of new Health Minister Ilze Vinkele (For Development/For) will be fight with the pharmacy industry for lower medicine prices, the minister said in an interview with LETA.

She said that one of the problems that has been discussed for years is the so-called vertical integration. "We know that Latvia has chosen a model where wholesalers may own pharmacy chains and medical care centers. The Competition...

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