"Concurrently, national policies play a major role in the provision and dispensation of medicines to patients after marketing authorisation. Member States are responsible for the definition of health policies and for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care (Article 168(7) TFEU). This includes the power to regulate the prices of medicinal products and to determine the conditions of their reimbursement in the framework of national or regional health insurance systems. Pricing and reimbursement decisions are therefore subject to a variety of domestic rules and national policies to control pharmaceutical expenditure vary significantly within the EU. Pricing and reimbursement measures are liable to create barriers to trade within the EU insofar as they affect the capacity of pharmaceutical companies to sell their products in national markets. In order to mitigate the potential impact of national rules on the internal market, Directive 89/105/EEC lays down a general framework which creates procedural obligations for the Member States without affecting their power to organise their social security system. The objective of the directive is to avoid that pricing and reimbursement measures create obstacles to trade prohibited by the rules of the Treaty rules on free movement of goods (Article 34-36 TFUE). The directive is built on the principle of minimum interference in the organisation of national social security systems."Si voleu veure opinions, les trobareu aquí. Sincerament, observo que el mercat de medicaments és global i els preus són locals, com a tants altres. Les mercaderies viatgen, les barreres al comerç són les que són i la disponibilitat a pagar també. Fins i tot em costa de parlar de mercat en termes convencionals quan hi ha un monopsoni de compra del 90%. Cal tanta revisió? On anirem a parar?. Mentrestant una consultora (Matrix Insight) prepara l'informe, res de nou.
PS. El temps que va transcórrer entre aquesta notícia a FT i el rescat grec van ser 4 mesos. Si això és reproduís després d'aquesta altra notícia, vol dir que s'estaria a 4 mesos del rescat. A més a més, aviat farà 4 mesos que va aparèixer aquesta notícia i és quan es produirà previsiblement el segon rescat grec. Tota semblança pot ser pura coincidència, deixem-ho córrer.
PS. El darrer gran concert de l'any. SK a Bilbao 11/11