E-drug: Prices of pharmaceuticals
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[I think if you search the E-drug archives, you will find a lot of
information. And, WHO is now putting such information on their website:
http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/ipc/drugpriceinfo.shtml. By
posting Liudas' question on E-drug, I hope that countries not on this
website but with such info in the public domain will respond so that we can
update the website. I think though, that Liudas will also be interested in
contact with countries without such information publicly available. In which
case, respond directly, not via E-drug. KM, moderator]
Dear e-druggers,
I am a specialist in Lithuanian Department of Pharmacy under Ministry of
Health (Lithuania). We are starting to implement new aspects into the
reimbursement system of pharmaceuticals in Lithuania. One of the new
approaches is to look at the price level of pharmaceuticals in other
countries. Since we are only starting with this initiative there is no
experience at the Ministry of Health and the Department of Pharmacy as to
where to obtain information on prices of pharmaceuticals in other
countries. I would like to inquire you concerning a possibility to obtain
information related to prices of pharmaceuticals in your country.
Your advice and help as to this issue would be very important to the success
of this new initiative. Therefore I would like to ask you to let us know as
to how it would be possible to obtain prices of the pharmaceuticals on your
market(maybe they are available in an electronic format, paper format or the
Internet). If you and/or your institution is not dealing with the question
of prices of pharmaceuticals in your country, may I ask you for a contact
person (or institution) dealing with this issue.
I thank you for your time and assistance in this very important for our
system question.
Again thank you very much for your help. Looking forward to your response as
soon as possible.
With best wishes,
specialist,
Liudas Kanapienis
liudas.kanapienis@sam.lt
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