ULS Expenditure on Medicines Rises 4.6% to EUR 1,600 Million

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Despite the increase, Infamed points to a slowdown in spending in the first seven months of the year. Oncology and HIV therapy with higher expense weight.

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This is 70 million more than in the same period of 2025.

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Data are contained in the July report of the National Medicines Authority on monitoring expenditure on hospital drugs.

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Local health units (ULS) and oncology institutes spent about €1,600 million on medicines in the first seven months of the year, more than €70 million than in the same period of 2025.