«We have a duty to give active ingredients to citizens at the lowest possible cost in this moment of economic difficulty. This objective», which is clear in the maneuver launched by the CDM, «can be achieved in various ways». This was stated by the Minister of Health, Ferruccio Fazio, responding to the fears raised by Farmindustria in relation to the impact of the maneuver for the Italian drug industry. «What Farmindustria is afraid of – summarized Fazio – is the issue of tenders based on the lowest cost, which could create critical issues». «We have to see if, during the conversion phase, we can find mechanisms which, without penalizing Italian industry in particular, carry out the maneuver in the same way. We are not ruling this out – he concluded – and therefore we can go and see».
DoctorNews – 31 May 2010 – Year 8, Number 98
