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Greece Bans Export of Dozens of Drugs to Avert Shortage

Greece's drug agency EOF announced on Wednesday a temporary ban on the export of dozens of pharmaceuticals to the EU and other countries in order to avert a possible shortage caused by capital controls. "As an emergency measure to protect...

Greek MPs OK Drug Cost Cuts

Over the objections of the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party that critics said wanted to protect profits for big pharmaceutical companies who provide it financial support, the Greek Parliament has approved cuts in the prices...

Greece Cracks Unlawful Drug Export Ring

The Greek Police (EL.AS) Organized Crime Squad along with the financial crimes squad (SDOE) have conducted a joint operation to raid pharmacies and drug wholesalers they said have unlawfully engaged in drugs trafficking. The operations targeted Athens and other cities...

More Medicines Taken Off Greek Shelves

With falling profits because of reduced prices, pharmaceutical companies withdrew 203 medical products from the Greek market last year. In the first two months of this year, some 13 firms notified the National Organization for Medicines (EOF) that they...

Greek Paperwork Holds up Free Drugs

While Greeks are trying to survive the financial crisis, in Austria there is a man who has gathered thousands of euros worth of medicine from local pharmaceuticals in Salzburg, and is trying to deal with the Greek bureaucracy in...