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UK pharma firms accused of illegal deals to hike price of life-saving drug from The Guardian

March 2, 2017

Piece from the Guardian pointing to an investigation by the competition authority into price fixing within the pharmaceutical industry.

Actavis charged NHS 80% more for hydrocortisone tablets after incentivising rival Concordia not to launch its own version, watchdog claims

Source: UK pharma firms accused of illegal deals to hike price of life-saving drug

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