ZAGREB, May 31 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Thursday continued its 12th session with a debate on a final bill on changes to the Law on Medicines and Medical Products, which envisages price cuts for some 80 percent of medicines.
The bill changes the system of medicine pricing and envisages the pricing of drugs in relation to drug prices in neighbouring countries, taking into account the social situation in the country, Deputy Health Minister Rajko Ostojic said. He added Slovenia and several central European countries had already introduced such a system. Snjezana Biga-Friganovic supported the bill on behalf of the Committee on Labour, Welfare Policy and Health. The new system of pricing is more adequate for the social situation in the country than the current one, she said. The debate on the final bill on changes to the Law on Medicines and Medical Products resumed with addresses by the heads of parliamentary b
ZAGREB, May 31 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Thursday
continued its 12th session with a debate on a final bill on changes
to the Law on Medicines and Medical Products, which envisages price
cuts for some 80 percent of medicines.
The bill changes the system of medicine pricing and envisages the
pricing of drugs in relation to drug prices in neighbouring
countries, taking into account the social situation in the country,
Deputy Health Minister Rajko Ostojic said. He added Slovenia and
several central European countries had already introduced such a
system.
Snjezana Biga-Friganovic supported the bill on behalf of the
Committee on Labour, Welfare Policy and Health.
The new system of pricing is more adequate for the social situation
in the country than the current one, she said.
The debate on the final bill on changes to the Law on Medicines and
Medical Products resumed with addresses by the heads of
parliamentary benches.
(hina) rml