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Medications: 7,600 tons discarded annually in France

40% of prescribed medications are discarded or returned to pharmacies unused.

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This waste amounts to 7,600 tons annually and costs the health insurance system dearly.

The debate on unit-dose sales resurfaces to limit these losses.

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