"The introduction of generic medicines can lead to strong competition on price, which can drive savings for the N.H.S., to the benefit of patients and, ultimately, taxpayers," said Ann Pope, senior director of services, infrastructure and public markets at the Office of Fair Trading.
Ann Pope, senior director of services, infrastructure and public markets at the OFT, said: "The introduction of generic medicines can lead to strong competition on price, which can drive savings for the NHS, to the benefit of patients and, ultimately, taxpayers.
You can drive savings in a damaging or a beneficial way.
The startup's web-based application is designed to help these hospitals discover and evaluate medical devices in order to drive savings in a fast-ballooning cost category.
Examining the costs further, the clinical efficacy benefit for anidulafungin potentially drove savings in intensive care unit days.
There are total savings of £3490 with Aprokam compared with purchased PFS, driven by savings in staff costs that offset greater drug acquisition costs.
We've driven huge savings and we are feeding in lessons learned".
Indeed, expect quite the opposite: Some of these deals are being driven by "savings," an overused euphemism for layoffs.
We have and will continue to offset as much of this currency impact as we can through productivity driven cost savings.
"We believe risk/reward is now neutral in light of lower consumer (iPod) revenue contribution, ho-hum storage results so far in the first quarter, and substantial restructuring driven cost savings already reflected in consensus models," wrote analyst Craig Berger in a report today.
