Drug prices in Europe
How do drug prices compare across Europe? A new analysis published by Sweden’s Tandvårds-och läkemedelsförmånsverket (TLV; Dental and Medical Benefits Agency) compared the list prices of widely prescribed patent-protected outpatient drugs in 20 leading European markets.
The study found that Switzerland had the highest prices in Europe—123% of the European average. Ireland ranked second (119%), followed by Denmark and Germany (114%), Italy (110%) and the United Kingdom (110%). At the other end of the pricing spectrum, Poland had the lowest prices (82% of the European average), followed by Slovakia (87%), Sweden (89%), Finland (90%) and France and Greece (91%).