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Saving Greece's Healthcare System: A Harbinger for Europe?

By Reflector | Published: December 19, 2012
A just-published report from the European taskforce trying to help Greece crawl out of its crisis makes clear just how significant a role health reform is supposed to play in restoring health to the economy. It is, in a very acute form, a harbinger of what is around the corner for the other countries of [...]
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European Pharma Bets on Greek Salvation

By Guest Blogger | Published: November 19, 2012
The French philosopher Pascal calculated that it was better to believe in God than to disbelieve. After offering the country a €2.88 billion cap on drug spending, it looks like European pharma is taking that view with regard to Greece. Reflector reports. The European pharma industry looks like it is accepting Pascal’s Wager in Greece. It [...]
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EFPIA Calls for New Deal in Europe

By Guest Blogger | Published: July 2, 2012
EFPIA president Andrew Witty is hoping that the deepening European economic crisis will impel European leaders towards more courageous and radical solutions, writes Reflector. With the European economic and financial crisis deepening all the time, the healthcare sector in general — and the pharmaceutical sector in particular — faces further constraints from cost cutting. As European [...]
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Innovators: Take a Leaf from the Generic Industry Book

By Guest Blogger | Published: February 1, 2011
No-one can accuse the European generic industry of indolence. It supplies huge quantities of medicines to European healthcare suppliers — its volume is estimated at around a half of the market. It is accounting for a growing share of marketing authorization applications in Europe. And its industry association, the EGA, has turned it from being [...]
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And What Exactly is a Stakeholder?

By Julian Upton | Published: August 19, 2010
Pharma’s uncritical use of the word ‘stakeholder’ has increased to the point where it can refer to almost anyone connected to the industry. But this can have serious consequences, warns Reflector. Like it or not (and frankly, I don’t), stakeholders are here to stay in European pharmaceutical affairs. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve no objection to [...]
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