日前,葡萄牙政府宣布将设立一项独立基金以支持药物研发和制药公司收回成本。这是近期葡萄牙制药行业协会Apifarma与葡政府就制药公司向国家卫生部供应药品事项进行磋商的一部分。Apifarma称制药业因药价下调而遭重创,预计2006年的药品市场将出现零增长。因此,Apifarma迫切要求 Recently, the Portuguese government announced that it will set up an independent fund to support drug research and development and pharmaceutical companies to recover costs. This is part of a recent consultation between Apifarma, the Portuguese pharmaceutical industry association, and the Portuguese government on the pharmaceutical companies’ supply of medicines to the Ministry of Health. Apifarma said the pharmaceutical industry has been hit hard by a downturn in its drug prices and is expected to see zero growth in the pharmaceutical market in 2006. Therefore, Apifarma urgently requested