10 million euro savings achieved
«Lazio Healthcare brings home another important result: the savings obtained on pharmaceutical expenditure in December amount to around 10 million euros». This was announced by Augusto Battaglia, regional health councilor. Comparing the current data with those of a year ago, Battaglia argues that the decrease "in Lazio is 8.45 percent and was obtained without any penalization or limitation of services for citizens". Corriere della Sera of 18/01/2008 ed. Rome p. 7