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Roche, GKV-Spitzenverband agree on Zelboraf price

June 13, 2013 12:44 AM UTC

Roche (SIX:ROG; OTCQX:RHHBY) and Germany's Statutory Health Insurance Funds Association (GKV-Spitzenverband) said they reached an agreement on the price for melanoma drug Zelboraf vemurafenib. The parties, who declined to disclose the negotiated price, said in a joint statement the negotiations were "not easy, but constructive and fair." The agreement comes after GKV-Spitzenverband said in late May that the price for Zelboraf had been determined through independent arbitration after the parties failed to agree on a price. ...