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Mon 01 Jan 2007Pharmacists warn on failure to negotiate new feesPharmacists have again warned they may withdraw from the provision of services to medical card holders unless the Health Service Executive agrees to negotiate with their union on a new fee structure.Members of the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) attended an emergency meeting in Tullamore yesterday and afterwards the union's president, Michael Guckian, said: "Many pharmacists here today have told us that they may be left with no option but to consider withdrawing from various schemes, if their right to be properly represented at the negotiation table is not restored".