DutchNews, September 1,
2017
Dutch hospitals and insurance
companies have launched a pilot project to buy expensive cancer drugs together,
the Volkskrant reported on Friday.
They hope the alliance will give them a
stronger position in negotiations with pharmaceutical companies and so cut
costs. Hospitals and insurers have worked together for some time in buying
medical aids such as wheelchairs together.
The pilot project will focus on drugs
to treat patients with leukemia, which currently costs around €30m per year.
The total Dutch drugs budget is heading for €2bn a year, the paper said.
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