Ireland’s medicines budget falls as percentage of healthcare spending
State spent 13.4% of €19bn budget on medicine, pharmacies and wholesaling in 2021
Ireland slow to approve cancer medicines for patient use
Just half of 41 cancer drugs approved from 2017-2020 were available here at end of 2021
Patent waiver will not solve key challenges in ramping up Covid global vaccination
Singling out vaccine production is a distraction from solutions needed
State slower to ‘adopt new drugs’ than most of western Europe
Medicines regularly not worth approving at asking price
Ireland is a world leader in producing cancer therapies but we lag behind on access
Budget 2021 is a chance to address our poor performance in bringing medicines we make to our patients
Covid-19 vaccine makers lobby EU for legal protection
Vaccine development in covid-era has been accelerated
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