Monday, May 21, 2007

Pfizer UK - more trouble

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Thousands of rural family doctors have cut back on, or stopped prescribing, Pfizer medicines since the launch last month of an exclusive distribution arrangement with Alliance Boots, according to a lobby group.

The Dispensing Doctors’ Association (DDA), which represents the interests of about 5,000 family doctors in remote areas who dispense drugs directly to patients rather than through a chemist, says that many doctors resent the new system for adding an extra layer of bureaucracy and cost to their work.

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