Peter Feldschreiber
Peter Feldschreiber is a practising lawyer and senior medical assessor to the Commission on Human Medicines in the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory agency, Department of Health.
HSJ KnowledgeManaging medicines: avoiding ethical and legal difficulties
Substituting expensive medicines for less costly alternatives might be a measure earmarked for cutting costs, but financial and legal issues surround this approach and need careful adherence, warns Peter Feldschreiber.