VPAS

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shapes pricing and access

How transparent is the VPAS?

The UK’s VPAS – a deal that began on 1st January 2019 and which is due to end on 31st December 2023 – is worth around £7 billion.

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growth in spending

Where do VPAS rebates go?

The 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Access and Pricing (VPAS) saw the industry agreeing to make payments to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

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rebate

Where should VPAS rebates go?

As a successor to the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Access and Pricing is being negotiated, Leela Barham asks where rebates should go in future - that is, if rebates remain at

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Warrington, United Kingdom - March 6, 2016: Warrington, UK - march 6, 2016: View of the NHS (National Health Service)  logo at the Springfields Medical Centre in the centre of Warrington, Cheshire.

Crossed wires? Mixed messages on medicines

Leela Barham argues that the latest operational guidance for the NHS in England continues to illustrate a disconnect between the messages in big-ticket policy documents from the central gov