Lawmakers slam slow progress on UK drug pricing overhaul

LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers have criticized the government’s failure to detail a new system for medicines pricing that is due to be introduced next January, saying lack of clarity is creating uncertainty for industry and doctors. The House of Commons Health Committee called on the government on Wednesday to make clear its plans by the end of March 2013. “There has been extensive discussion of the principle of value-based pricing but it remains a source of concern that so little progress has been made on defining this nebulous concept,” the committee said in a report. …

MPs slam slow progress on drug pricing overhaul

A NHS sign is seen in the grounds of St Thomas' Hospital in LondonLONDON (Reuters) – MPs have criticised the government's failure to detail a new system for medicines pricing that is due to be introduced next January, saying lack of clarity is creating uncertainty for industry and doctors. The House of Commons Health Committee called on the government on Wednesday to make clear its plans by the end of March 2013. "There has been extensive discussion of the principle of value-based pricing but it remains a source of concern that so little progress has been made on defining this nebulous concept," the committee said in a report. …

Hillary Clinton leaving world stage, but for how long?

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton checks her PDA upon her departure in a military C-17 plane from Malta bound for Tripoli, LibyaWASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a matter of days, Hillary Clinton will leave the State Department behind and become a private citizen for the first time in 34 years. But her next big decision will be a very public one: whether to run for U.S. president in 2016. Many factors would weigh in her favor should she decide to run. She leaves her Secretary of State job as the most popular member of Obama's Cabinet and the country's most admired woman – rated far ahead of even first lady Michelle Obama, according to a Gallup poll of Americans. Plus, her party wants her. …

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