The medicines market in Norway - prices and regulations

This brochure provides a brief description of how medicine prices are regulated and the development of turnover and prices on medicines in Norway. The brochure also reproduces the results from a recent price comparison between Norway and the countries Norwegian authorities look to when maximum prices are set in Norway.

The Norwegian Pharmacy Association has experienced steadily growing interest from other countries about Norway and the development in Norwegian medicines prices and the regulations of pharmacies and pharmaceuticals. This brochure describes in brief the price system, prices and medicines costs in Norway.

The Norwegian Pharmacy Association hopes that this publication will be useful to readers who wish to learn more about the price level of medicines in Norway and the price regulation regimes and other circumstances that have contributed to this price level.