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Medication replacement eight times more expensive for Health Department

According to figures by the Pharmaceutical Benefit Advisory Committee (PBAC), replacing ranitidine with nizatidine could cost upwards of an extra £35,000. The unexpected change comes at a time when the Health Department has trying to save money by switching to generic medication brands as part of the government’s ‘Efficiencies Programme’, which underpins the Government Plan. […]

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