Probe of building industry ends this year
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View ArticleHealthcare probe in the offing
--> An inquiry into pricing and possible collusion in the healthcare market will begin on April 1, the Competition Commission said. "On the first of April it comes into effect. That's when we are...
View ArticleResearch and Markets: Qatar Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2012
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/61a97b93/qatar_pharmaceutic) has announced the addition of the "Qatar Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare...
View ArticleResearch and Markets: Kenya Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2012
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View ArticleCompetition Commission to probe healthcare costs, says Patel
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View ArticleCosts set private health care on fire
Soaring health-care costs in private hospitals remained the main contributor to the high cost of private health care in the country, and the Department of Health was working on ways to address this...
View ArticleCurrent healthcare system ‘inefficient’
Medical schemes form a substantial part of the country’s social security system, making a major contribution to covering healthcare costs, but they operate in an inefficient market, Professor Alex van...
View ArticleHealthcare pricing forum may be set up only after inquiry
The Department of Health is unlikely to establish a healthcare pricing authority until the Competition Commission has held its inquiry into the private healthcare market – a project the commission...
View ArticleNetcare calls for medicine price inquiry
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View ArticlePrivate hospitals warn of job losses
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View ArticleYet another ban on merger overturned
ANOTHER decision of the Competition Commission has been overturned by the Competition Tribunal, leading to the unconditional approval of the merger between Life Healthcare and Joint Medical Holdings....
View ArticleHealthcare probe: storm looms for hospitals, funders
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