PHARMACEUTICAL PRESS REVIEW from 8 to 10 July of AboutPharma

Press Review from 08/07/08 to the 10/07/08 

Budgets out of control, alarm from hospitalizations

(Il Sole 24 Ore: page 7 – 10 July 2008)

Even if over 31,000 beds have been cut in 5 years, hospitalizations are still above the parameter of 4.5 per 1,000 inhabitants set by the 2007 Health Pact-2009. In the amendments to the 2009 maneuver are included in this picture with the hypothesis of further cuts in the land area. What blows up the regional accounts is hospitalization for acute cases: compared with a standard of 180 for every 1,000 inhabitants, the Italian average is 190, with extremes of 140 BC Trent and of 226-in Lazio.

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Healthcare, battle over the amendments

(Il Sole 24 Ore: page 7, Corriere della Sera: page 27, Il Messaggero: page 19 – 10 July 2008)

The offensive against the cuts announced by the government in healthcare spending immediately ignited, which provide for the elimination of the superticket and the 20% reduction in the salaries of managers in the healthcare sector. For the governors of the Regions, the public service is at risk and in any case the changes to the previously agreed maneuver must be discussed.

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Restructuring for Merck Serono in France