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Health insurers preferential policy driving generic medicines off the market: report

Health insurers preferential policy driving generic medicines off the market: report
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Netherlands still struggling with shortage of antibiotics for children

Pharmacies and hospitals still face an acute shortage of essential antibiotics typically used for babies and children. The National Coordination Center for Medicines has asked doctors to prescribe these medicines as little as possible and limit patients to one package at a time, the Volkskrant reports.

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