Germany to pay more for child medicines amid supply shortage
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The German government said Tuesday that it will allow health insurance companies to pay more for pediatric medications that are in short supply in the country.Germans have scrambled to find basic drugs such as painkillers in recent weeks amid delivery bottlenecks and higher-than-usual demand.Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said insurers that form the backbone of the German public health system will be able to pay 50% more than the legally set price for patent-free medicines.
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