AstraZeneca recently set the price of its new Brilique blood thinner, which it hopes will become its next blockbuster drug, at €1.69 ($2.38) per pill in Germany. Whether it will be allowed to maintain that price in Europe's largest drug market remains to be seen. The British drugmaker, insurers, and German regulators are bracing for a yearlong battle over the medicine's value, the first test of a new pricing law in Europe's biggest economy.
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