High Court rejects UK pharma's bid to stymie extra pricing talks

5 October 2017
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The UK High Court has rejected a bid from the the British pharma industry to prevent the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence from imposing new rules around price negotiations.

The NICE introduced a new rule earlier this year which requires an extra round of negotiation for products expected to cost over £20 million ($26 million) in any of its first three years of use by the National Health Service.

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) launched the legal action in July, after an analysis revealed that one in five medicines would be impacted by the rule.

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