43Moreover, the Court notes, as did DPV and the Netherlands Government, that, in the present case, price competition could be capable of benefiting the patient in so far as it would allow, where relevant, for prescription-only medicinal products to be offered in Germany at more attractive prices than those currently imposed by that Member State. As the Court has previously held, the effective protection of health and life of humans demands, inter alia, that medicinal products be sold at reasonable prices (see judgment of 20 May 1976, de Peijper, 104/75, EU:C:1976:67, paragraph 25).
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