From KEI staff review of Wikileaks cables (/wikileaks)
The US Department of States has been deeply involved in pushing the Poland government to provide more industry favorable rules for setting reimbursements for pharmaceutical drugs. Below are links to discussions of some of the cables published in 2011 by Wikileaks:
2006 Cable: US, UK, French, German and Danish officials lobby against Polish price cuts for pharmaceutical drugs
2008 May 14 Cable: Poland wants to cap drug cost effectiveness at 3x GDP/pop. Pfizer wants 6x
2009 January 14 cable on Poland pharmaceutical reimbursement list
In Poland, an Ambassador (and former George W Bush roommate) demolishes PhRMA’s 2009 Special 301 filing (Wikileaks cables)