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Health Firms Demand Bills Overhaul from Spain to Stem Debt

13.03.2013 - Healthcare companies are demanding fundamental changes to how Spain's cash-strapped regions pay their bills, worried by the reappearance of a large deficit just months after the...

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Drugmakers Offer to Cap Greece's Medicines Bill

05.11.2012 - International drug companies have offered to cap the total amount the Greek government has to pay for its medicines in a bid to resolve a crisis that is jeopardising both the...

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Greece Fights Drug Shortages by Suspending Exports

24.10.2012 - The Greek government, battling a shortage of many medicines, has suspended all drug exports in the wake of a fresh round of price cuts, according to a notice from the country's...

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Bayer CEO Says Greek Euro Exit May Help

02.09.2012 - Leaving the euro zone could help Greece to recover economically and prevent the region's debt crisis from spreading, the head of German drugmaker Bayer was quoted as saying in a...

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Brent Slips Below $112 On Euro Zone Woes

16.11.2011 - Brent crude slipped below $112 on Wednesday, reversing some of the previous session's gains on worries that new governments in Greece and Italy may fail to muster political clout...

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Novo Nordisk Says Accepts New Greek Insulin Prices

15.06.2010 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest maker of insulin, said on Monday it would supply its modern insulins to Greece again after the country raised prices on the drugs. Drug...

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Novo Pulls Drugs from Greece Over Price Cuts

31.05.2010 - Novo Nordisk pulled some of its insulin drugs off the Greek market after an Athens order for drugmakers to slash prices, saying it fears such cuts could spread to larger markets...

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Novo Nordisk Rejects Greek Drug Price Cut

31.05.2010 - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest producer of insulin, has refused to comply with the Greek government's order to pharmaceutical companies to cut prices by a...