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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry says that while the government’s newly published Life Sciences Sector Plan includes many positive commitments, they are not enough.
Vertex said it reached “a broad reimbursement agreement” with the National Health Service for its once-daily, triple combination treatment for cystic fibrosis. As for reimbursement in the rest of Europe, the company is targeting Ireland, Denmark and Germany next.
While the first six months of the year saw eight new drugs targeting a range of diseases enter the European Medicines Agency’s priority medicines scheme, and three PRIME-designated treatments go on to win EU marketing approval, use of the accelerated assessment mechanism appears to be limited.
Newly introduced rules for streamlining drug registration in Vietnam are said to present both opportunities and challenges for stakeholders.
Final guidelines explaining how staff at Canada’s Patented Medicine Prices Review Board should go about identifying drugs that could be considered for an excessive price hearing will come into force soon.
A list of EU biosimilar filings, CHMP opinions and EU marketing authorizations, including details of the biosimilar company, the brand name/INN, indication(s), the reference product/company, and the date and type of event.