'Affordable and transparent': HSE's new system for purchasing medicines to cost €1.3 billion
The five-year tender for a dynamic purchasing system will ensure good quality medicines are available on a timely basis, the HSE said.
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The five-year tender for a dynamic purchasing system will ensure good quality medicines are available on a timely basis, the HSE said.
There has been a steady decline in the number of medicines seized in the last three years.
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