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Simon Hunt

Pfizer slapped with £63 million fine by CMA

Pfizer charged the NHS prices between 780% and 1,600% higher than itpreviously did according to the CMA.

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The Competition and Markets Authority has slapped US pharma giant Pfizer with a £63 million fine after it was accused of overcharging the NHS.

The CMA said the company had charged unfairly high prices for phenytoin sodium, an epilepsy drug, for over 4 years.

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