pharmacies have rejected government's latest
News this week is that pharmacies have rejected government's latest proposals for dispensing fees, saying it has ignored input from the sector ... and the system being proposed would put many of them out of business. The industry has long been in dispute with the Department of Health over pricing.
For more, I'm joined from our Cape Town studio by Drew Horner, chairman of United South African Pharmacies. And joining me on the line from Pretoria is Dr Anban Pillay, who heads the Health Department's pharmaceutical economic planning unit?
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