Chemists’ profits cut
PA Auckland [ Chemists yesterday took a 15 per cent cut in profit for dispensing medicines, - as their part in the Government’s over-all plan to reduce the rise in the costs of [medicine. i At the same time, the fee Ifor dispensing “free” drugs [ has been increased. Over all, the. move is expected ; to save the . taxpaver . about $600,000 on the $32 . million medicine bilL. ft . Increased petrol costs have forced up the drug bill [ because most drugs are made from petro-chemicals. I
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Press, 2 April 1980, Page 6
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