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<p>The Department has received £74 million from members of the Pharmaceutical Price
Regulation Scheme (PPRS) in respect of PPRS payments for the first quarter of the
calendar year 2014. The Department intends to publish aggregate information on sales
reports and payments made under the scheme on a quarterly basis. The first such publication
was made on 30 June and can be found on the Government's website at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/pprs-quarterly-net-sales-and-payment-information</p><p>
</p><p>In respect of England, the anticipated payments in 2014-15 have been passed
on to NHS England through the Mandate and as such were included within commissioner
allocations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving access to clinically
and cost-effective medicines including innovative new medicines. As part of implementing
the PPRS, NHS England and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry are
discussing how best to improve access to, and optimise patient outcomes from, these
medicines.</p>
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