2 Amendments of Ivo BELET related to 2016/2057(INI)
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, in some cases, the prices of new medicines have increased during the past few decades to the point of being unaffordable for many European citizenthreatening the sustainability of national healthcare systems;
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission and the Council to explore new measures to control prices, such as horizontal scanning and coordinating joint procurementsinitiatives that predict developments in the pharmaceutical market and prices, such as horizontal scanning and voluntary cooperation in price negotiations and joint procurements, as is the case in the initiative between the Benelux countries and Austria;