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Drug chief angry at medicine cost

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The head of the government's drug advisory body has accused pharmaceutical companies of charging too much.

The chairman of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence said: "We are told we are being mean all the time but nobody mentions why the drugs are so expensive".

James Cook reports.

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