UK wholesalers decry PPRS "train crash"
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (BAPW) is warning the UK department of health about the risk of severe medicines shortages this winter. Across-the-board price cuts to be implemented on January 1st will encourage wholesalers to run down stocks in December, and the weakness of sterling currency is making the UK attractive as a source of pharmaceuticals for parallel trading to other countries.