The Drug Company Pfizer

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  1. arabian_ian

    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    Has just been fined £84m for overcharging the NHS. Hopefully this will end.

    But can anyone tell me where does that 84m go? Who gets it?
     
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    It goes into the postcode lottery. You never know, it could be you...


    It will either go back to the government, or more likely be used to pay for the next batches of medicine from Pfizer (which they might just decide to increase the price of to cover the losses). Did the cost of the Epilepsy medicine go back down to what it was before, or are we still overpaying?
     
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    It goes to the Treasury.
    They then decide what happens to it .... or it will just get lost in the general debt.
     
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    Oh that's good. I'd have hated the thought that it would be wasted helping the unemployed or pensioners. Or worse used to help out at foodbanks.
     

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