The report calls for an international framework on differential pricing in time for next year's G8 summit.

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Those companies argue differential pricing schemes are vital to their success, and should be enforced by US courts.

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Differential pricing will not deal with the problem that drug firms' research concentrates mainly on ailments affecting rich people.

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It has also adopted a policy of differential pricing for some drugs.

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In the system we have, ACOs are conceptually right, in that the concept inches toward differential pricing for quality, and Don should be congratulated.

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If the difference was substantial enough, more cars would postpone that trip to take advantage of the differential pricing, thereby reducing the traffic during prime drive time.

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Alan Levy, chairman of EMI Music, says there is "a common understanding" that Apple will begin to offer "differential pricing" on the iTunes Music Store within the next 12 months.

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It recommends building an international consensus on the differential pricing of patented pharmaceuticals, meaning that poor countries would have access to expensive drugs at the cost of manufacture, rather than paying the far higher rates charged in rich countries.

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The pricing differential is turning luxury stores in China into loss leaders.

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As far as the price differential goes, Qualcomm is not yet talking about pricing, at least to the analyst community.

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