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The Hard Shoulder Highlights

The Hard Shoulder Highlights with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk. Join Kieran every weekday afternoon from 4-7pm for a round-up of the day’s events, interviews with the people at the centre of the stories – and a bit of craic along the way. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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Can you put a price on life? Extra funding for new drugs refused

Pharma companies are always working on new drugs and treatments, with patients and doctors hoping for them to come available as soon as possible. However they usually come with a high price tag, and this week the HSE was refused more funding for new medicines from the Dept of Health. So why would they be refused? What are the costs involved? And how do you place a value on a potential life-lengthening treatment for a patient? Michael Barry is Clinical director of National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics at St James's and he explained how it all works to Ivan, and why these drugs aren't always good value for money.