Drug Prices: Ufc-Que Choix Denounces "Drifts" and Demands More Transparency
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Citing the example of the Keytruda, the consumer association points to "the drifts of the pharmaceutical market" and calls for better price regulation of innovative treatments LUFC-What to choose
According to the consumer association, some treatments, including innovative anti-cancer treatments, could cost far less than the amounts charged to Medicare.
Maud Descamps tells us about the UFC-Que Choisir, which denounces the prohibitive price of certain medicines, including Keytruda. It is an anti-cancer treatment, manufactured by Merck & Co. It is necessary to count 2,200 euros for a bottle of 100 mg. (Conso and trends).
UFC-Que Choisir denounces the exorbitant and opaque price of certain drugs such as Keytruda®, which weakens the French healthcare system by funding laboratories to the detriment of equitable access to care.
The prices of the new treatments have become so exorbitant that they endanger access to care. Illustration with the number 1 of health expenditures in France, the Keytruda, an anticancer emblematic of the drifts of the system.
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