Why Did Novartis/1A Pharma Withdraw Its Paracetamol Liquid From The German Market?
Executive Summary
HBW Insight chats with general manager of Novartis' German subsidiary 1A Pharma about the firm's exit from the country's children's fever category. An inflexible price system for reimbursable medicines and inflationary pressures all contributed to the decision, Michael Klein explains, which has left only two manufacturers supplying the OTC liquid paracetamol market.
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