Francesca writes about a broad range of policy and regulatory topics, including intellectual property rights. However, her main areas of expertise are pricing and reimbursement and how medicines may or may not make it to patients. She writes about developments in Europe and is also expanding coverage in emerging markets, including Latin America and the Middle East. Francesca writes for Pink Sheet, Scrip and In Vivo.
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European cross-border HTA collaborations have much to learn from each other to keep drug prices from rising unfairly, say Nordic health technology assessment experts. Talks on HTA collaborations outside Europe are also underway.
European cross-country HTA collaborations have much to learn from each other to keep prices from rising unfairly, Nordic health technology assessment experts say, adding that talks on collaboration are also ongoing with HTA bodies outside the continent.
The European Commission has now adopted the third implementing act for the Health Technology Assessment Regulation. This sets out rules for managing conflicts of interest of anyone involved in joint clinical assessments or joint scientific consultations under the regulation.
European cross-country HTA collaborations have much to learn from each other to keep drug prices from rising unfairly, Nordic health technology assessment experts say, adding that talks on collaboration are also ongoing with HTA bodies outside the continent.
It is time for companies to take part in cross-country health technology assessments and stop only asking “what’s in it for me?”
The updated directive could risk the supply of critical medicines and fail to incentivize greener product development more generally, warns European industry group EFPIA.