A Clinical Director at St James Hospital in Dublin says the HSE aren't to blame for the price of medication in Ireland.
In some instances Ireland is still paying four times more than Britain for drugs despite the introduction of a new pricing structure agreed between the pharma industry and the Department of Health last Thursday.
A Sunday Business Post investigation found that the HSE pays more than 9 euro for a months supply of cholestoral lowering drugs while the NHS pays 2 euro for the same generic medicine.
Michael Barry, Clinical Director of the National Centre for Pharma-economics at St James Hospital says bringing prices down too low could see pharma companies refusing to supply the Irish market:
