1.0 link 12475 <![CDATA[AstraZeneca tells New Zealand cancer patients they will withdraw cancer drug from the market to protest government pressures to lower prices]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-love/astrazeneca-tells-new-zea_b_12475.html On December 15, 2005, AstraZeneca, the big pharmaceutical company, announced it would pull its cancer drug Zoladex from the market in New Zealand. Zoladex is used to treat both breast and prostate cancer.

The decision to withdraw the product from the Zealand market is due entirely to a dispute over the amount of money the New Zealand government would pay for the drug.

AstraZeneca's move is aggressive, but this is what companies do to get top prices for medicines.

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