“Pharmaceutical companies pay back billions of”
“the Pharmaceutical companies will pay 2.8 billion in refunds on medicines for 2018 to the state and the county councils. It is a doubling compared with 2017, writes the Dental and pharmaceutical benefits agency (TLV) in a press release.”
“– It depends largely on the successful trepartsöverläggningar between us, pharmaceutical companies and county councils on drugs against hepatitis C, ” says Pontus Johansson, head of unit at TLV, who coordinates the process between the parties.”
“Counties, and the company has since 2014 an agreement on the companies to submit a certain part of the drug cost in return. It suppresses the development of costs for pharmaceuticals in Sweden and today there are such agreements for 44 drugs.”
“60% of the bonus accruing to the county councils, and 40 per cent accrues to the state.”
