Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2022
Prices soar for antibiotics as desperate parents search for strep A medicine
11 December 2022 - Drug companies have been accused of “cartel behaviour” for increasing the costs of antibiotics during the strep A outbreak in England.
Pharmacies say they are losing thousands of pounds a week on the cost of the drugs as they can only recoup a fraction from the NHS. Many are unable even to purchase stocks, leaving parents to travel across cities in search of medicine for sick children.
