European Countries Urged To Boost OTC Profile In Health Care Systems
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
EU Health Commissioner John Dalli expects the region’s growing health care budgets and economic crisis to lead governments to restructure and impose more responsibility on consumers for health care costs. A self-medication working group launched in France will look at easing Rx-to-OTC switches.
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