4 September 2008

PHARMACY

The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme August 2008 (13th August 2008)
The 2008 Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) is a noncontractual scheme, effective from the termination of the 2005 scheme on 31st August 2008 until the 31 December 2008. The 2008 PPRS is an agreement for the purposes of section 261 of the National Health Service (NHS) Act 2006. The objectives of the scheme are that it should continue to: secure the provision of safe and effective medicines for the NHS at reasonable prices; promote a strong and profitable pharmaceutical industry capable of such sustained R and D expenditure as should lead to the future availability of new and improved medicines; and encourage the efficient and competitive development and supply of medicines to pharmaceutical markets in this and other countries. The text of the PPRS sets out the conditions under which scheme members may supply branded medicines to the NHS.
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