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| Bid to claw back NHS drugs charge | Bid to claw back NHS drugs charge |
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| A team of corporate investigators has been hired by the assembly government to see if the NHS has been overcharged for drugs, BBC Wales has learnt. | A team of corporate investigators has been hired by the assembly government to see if the NHS has been overcharged for drugs, BBC Wales has learnt. |
| Ministers want to find out if hundreds of thousands of pounds for a range of prescription drugs could be recovered. | Ministers want to find out if hundreds of thousands of pounds for a range of prescription drugs could be recovered. |
| The investigation comes as the Serious Fraud Office has charged a number of firms and individuals over drugs sales. | The investigation comes as the Serious Fraud Office has charged a number of firms and individuals over drugs sales. |
| The assembly government said it had hired investigators Kroll, on what it called an "invest-to-save" basis. | |
| The corporate investigators will examine whether an alleged cartel of companies overcharged Wales' health service for antibiotics and the anti-clotting drug warfarin. | The corporate investigators will examine whether an alleged cartel of companies overcharged Wales' health service for antibiotics and the anti-clotting drug warfarin. |
| The Department of Health in England has already reached settlements worth more than £30m from a number of firms, without the companies admitting guilt. | The Department of Health in England has already reached settlements worth more than £30m from a number of firms, without the companies admitting guilt. |
| It is thought the assembly government hopes to claw back some of the money it has paid in a similar way to pharmaceutical firms. | It is thought the assembly government hopes to claw back some of the money it has paid in a similar way to pharmaceutical firms. |
| The Serious Fraud Office has alleged a number of companies and individuals colluded to overcharge the health service for the drugs between 1996 and 2000. | The Serious Fraud Office has alleged a number of companies and individuals colluded to overcharge the health service for the drugs between 1996 and 2000. |