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Wednesday May 6 2026
Pharmacy Business op-ed
Our chief executive Mark Samuels writes for Pharmacy Business on why high numbers of concessionary prices doesn't mean high levels of shortages.
Concessionary prices for medicines are often treated as shorthand for shortages. If pharmacists are requesting concessions, the assumption goes, they must be struggling to source the products they need. Concessionary prices are better defined as a financial pressure-release valve when products cannot be purchased at or below the Drug Tariff reimbursement price.
Author
Jeremy Durrant
Communications and Engagement Director
Jeremy oversees all strategic communications engagement and delivery on behalf of the association. A former journalist at the start of his career, he spent 16 years as a partner in a London-based international strategic communications consultancy leading and advising on high-profile media campaigns and running a risk and crisis practice.