​Guild and GMiA slam CHF

the Consumers Health Forum is under fire from all angles over claims that Australians are paying “as much as $2000 every minute of every day more than we need to on prescription medicines”.

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The CHF has continued its anti- pharmacy campaign with new data which reiterates allegations of overcharging for medicines by comparing Australian prices with those in the UK and New Zealand. The Pharmacy Guild has reacted swiftly to the criticism, saying that “simplistic and selective comparisons with one or two other countries should be treated with a grain of salt,” with the contrasts failing to take account of patent expiry variations. Pharmacy Daily – Read More.