Tagged with Pricing

Denmark Flemming Sonne of Denmark’s public hospital medicine procurement body Amgros outlines the scope and mission of the group, how its remit has increased to include security of supply in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and why international collaboration and knowledge-sharing is crucial, especially in the new era of complex…

USA John M. O’Brien, recently appointed president and CEO of the US National Pharmaceutical Council, calls for innovation in benefit design reform to match the unparalleled speed and ingenuity with which the biopharmaceutical industry developed vaccines and therapeutics to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.   The biopharmaceutical industry developed COVID-19 vaccines and…

Europe Writing in the August edition of DIA’s Global Forum, Sanofi R&D’s Thomas Kühler outlines the bumpy journey towards the full adoption of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) across Europe.   More than three years ago, in January 2018, the European Commission published a draft Regulation on Health Technology Assessment for the EU.…

Italy In recent months, a profound transformation has been occurring right at the core of the Italian pharmaceutical industry as the most significant reforms to market access within two decades start to take shape. While Mario Draghi’s energetic government has been dominating the headlines primarily for other reasons – namely sweeping…

Turkey Almost two decades after initiating large-scale health system reforms, Turkey has consolidated the provision of universal healthcare coverage to over 95 percent of the population. The effort, part of the country’s Health Transformation Program introduced in 2003, has been commended by international organizations across the world. But today, as citizens…

Switzerland While once considered the land of milk and honey within Europe in terms of market access and reimbursement for innovative pharmaceuticals, Switzerland is increasingly tightening its belt on this front in line with its European neighbours. Indeed, this year two cost containment packages are under discussion in the Swiss parliament…

Global Merck VP for Global Market Access & Pricing Strategic Planning Marco Rauland outlines how AI has already begun to transform pharmaceutical strategy and highlights five ways in which it can be better utilised in pricing and market access decision making.   Artificial intelligence (AI) has been creating a buzz in…

China Eric Bouteiller examines the most recent update to China’s National Reimbursement Drug List, the positive impact that a de facto annual review has had on drug approval timelines, and why a more streamlined and data driven review process is positive news for the innovative pharmaceutical industry. However, Bouteiller cautions that…

China Since China first announced its ground-breaking volume-based procurement (VBP) pilot program to reduce drug expenditures in 2018, the world’s second-largest pharma market has steadily expanded the 4+7 pilot program into a regular national and provincial exercise, lopping off over a billion dollars from the top lines of both multinational and…

USA Certara’s Ulrich Neumann examines some of the major US market access trends of the past few years, including the innovative financing models required for novel therapies, why cost effectiveness considerations are on the rise, and the impact of the drug policy environment on payer sentiments.   The US reimbursement landscape…

Europe The journey of EUnetHTA began back in 2004, when the European Commission and Council of Minsters requested the establishment of a sustainable European network on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) as “a political priority”, work on which was properly initiated in 2005 when a group of 35 organizations came together to…

Global After a transformative 2020, Shawview Consulting’s Brendan Shaw looks into his crystal ball and makes five predictions (plus one) on the key trends that life sciences companies need to be aware of in 2021.   If 2020 taught us anything, it is that futurists and forecasters make their new year…