Drugs bill to soar by €30m

The HSE is faced with an unplanned €30m bill for providing drugs not contained in its national service plan for 2012.

Drugs bill to soar by €30m
Tue, 28 Aug, 2012 - 01:00
Gordon Deegan

A significant part of the cost, between €8m to €10m, will be in providing two Hepatitis C drugs, Boceprevir and Telaprevir.

The drugs were made available in June following the intervention of the Department of Health.

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