Greek Health and Social Insurance Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis on Wednesday issued a stern warning to multinational drug companies that they should invest in Greece, during a speech at a conference titled “Shaping the Future of Healthcare in Greece.”
The minister said pharmaceutical companies should support the Greek economy and for that reason “every company should produce in Greece its two drugs with the highest consumption in the country.”
“We all witnessed the excesses in the health sector, with virtually no returns for the State from their profitability, the waste and the habit of over-prescribing medicines,” Kouroumblis said, adding it’s his intention to form a stable framework in the field of medicine while noting that changes in the ministry’s policy which include using the rebate model will be fairer.
He noted the new draft bill on pharmaceutical policy will be published for public consultation in mid-May.
(source: ana-mpa)
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