The price of T3 - and how it has been ramped up - Thyroid UK

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The price of T3 - and how it has been ramped up

3 years ago•5 Replies

Long thread on twitter by Billy Kember right now about the plot to raise the price of liothyronine in the UK. apparently it's from a book he's written: uk.bookshop.org/books/sick-...

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Jumbelina3 years ago

Advanz Pharma and its former owners have been fined more than £100 million by the competition watchdog after exploiting a loophole in NHS pricing rules and charging “excess and unfair prices”.

thetimes.co.uk/article/adva...

Jumbelina3 years ago

"The company showed off to investors, using liothyronine as an example of its "pricing expertise". Other documents show price increases were suggested when the company was on track to miss financial targets (8/13)"Twitter thread pbs.twimg.com/media/FG1HRMj...

Jumbelina3 years ago

Here's another internal slide for investors - this one is from 2012 and lays out the business strategy. That was the year the company was bought by the private equity house Cinven for £465 million (9/13): pbs.twimg.com/media/FG1GzcR...

SlowDragonAdministrator3 years ago

Price is now reducing since further licensing

Down from £268 to £92 for 28 tablets 20mcg

But price could obviously reduce significantly more

petition.parliament.uk/peti...

RedAppleAdministrator3 years ago

Jumbelina,This is not new information. It's all been posted and discussed many times on this forum.

Billy Kember is simply promoting his book. As HealthUnlocked do not allow advertising or self promotion for commercial purposes, I am closing this thread to further comments.

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