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18 August 2004
John Vickers, OFT Chairman, said:
'The pharmacy entry rules block new and better ways of delivering medicines to the public. We recommended that they should go, but the Government last year proposed only limited liberalisation – a missed opportunity. We regret that the Government has now decided on even less liberalisation for the time being, but we look forward to the further review of the rules in 2006.'
NOTE
The OFT report 'The Control of Entry Regulations and Retail Pharmacy Services in the UK' was published on 17 January 2003 (see press release 04/03).
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