Trans Pacific Partnership will push medicine prices up, review finds

By Peter Martin
Updated March 3 2015 - 5:14pm, first published 11:32am
Trade minister Andrew Robb addresses House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Trade minister Andrew Robb addresses House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Trade minister Andrew Robb addresses House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Trade minister Andrew Robb addresses House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Trade minister Andrew Robb addresses House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Trade minister Andrew Robb addresses House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Trade minister Andrew Robb addresses House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Trade minister Andrew Robb addresses House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares

The proposed Trans Pacific Partnership is likely to push up the price of medicines, stop some Australians from taking their medicines and make it harder to restrict the sale of tobacco and alcohol, a comprehensive review of the deal between Australia and 11 other nations including the US and Japan has found.

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