German health insurer can't discount Bayer drug sales to hospitals, court rules |
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FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Bayer AG won a legal dispute against AOK, banning the German health insurer from granting itself discounts on purchases of Bayer's drugs delivered to doctors and hospitals.A court in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein ruled that discounts usually given to AOK for drugs that its members buy in pharmacies cannot be extended to distribution through doctors and hospitals.The Schleswig-Holstein subsidiary of AOK now has to refund 43,000 eur to Bayer, the court said.ludwig.burger@thomson.comdpa/lb/jmsCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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