Wemos in EenVandaag: price hike of medicine is abuse of monopoly position of pharma company

1/7/2019 - News

The sudden price hike of the medicine Priadel constitutes an abuse of the monopoly position of the pharmaceutical company Essential Pharma. Global health advocate Ella Weggen states this in the programme EenVandaag.

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