Pharmaceutical governance, Grillo-Regions confrontation underway
On 20 June, the Health Commission of the Conference of Regions meets Minister Giulia Grillo. One of the priority topics of discussions with the regional councilors will be governance in the pharmaceutical sector
The dialogue between the new Government and the Regions on the thorniest issues of Italian health care, pharmaceutical governance in the first place. Tomorrow, Wednesday 20 June, the Health Commission of the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces - coordinated by the Health Councilor of Piedmont, Antonio Saitta - will meet the Minister of Health, Giulia Grillo. One of the priority topics of discussions with the regional councilors - explains a note from the Conference - will be governance in the pharmaceutical sector.
Between spending ceiling overruns and payback "grana", the sector has been waiting for a new governance for several years. An issue, not surprisingly, included in the so-called "government contract" between Lega and M5s which led to the birth of the executive led by Giuseppe Conte.
Dialogue tests
The signs of dialogue between the Regions and the new minister Grillo had already arrived in recent weeks. Saitta had welcomed a judgment of the Court of Turin regarding the possibility of the Regions being able to lower the prices of medicines even after the award of the tenders. And he had also called for a meeting with the new government on the hottest topics in pharmaceuticals. a wish, welcomed by the minister Grillo, which tomorrow will result in a first concrete confrontation.
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