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Industry / Germany

Prescribing Practices Harm OTCs

March 2008 | Industry News
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According to a study by TNS Healthcare, 14% of scripts in Germany are for prescription-only drugs that have an over-the-counter (OTC) equivalent, suggesting that delisting self-medication drugs is not generating the expected savings to the health