Pharmaceutical policies in a crisis?: Challenges and solutions identified at the PPRI Conference
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2016
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Vogler, Sabine
Zimmermann, Nina
Ferrario, Alessandra
Wirtz, Veronika J
de Joncheere, Kees
Pedersen, Hanne Bak
Dedet, Guillaume
Paris, Valérie
Mantel - Teeuwisse, Aukje
Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din
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Abstract
In October 2015, the third international Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Information (PPRI) Conference was held in Vienna to foster discussion on challenges in pricing and reimbursement policies for medicines. The research presented highlighted that commonly used pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies are not sufficiently effective to address current challenges. Conference participants called for fundamental reforms to ensure access to medicines, particularly to new and potentially more effective and/or safe medicines, while safeguarding the financial sustainability of health systems and working towards universal health coverage.
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Pricing, Reimbursement, Medicine prices, High-cost medicines, Biosimilars, Europe, Challenges, Debate, Cooperation
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Vogler, S, Zimmermann, N, Ferrario, A, Wirtz, V J, de Joncheere, K, Pedersen, H B, Dedet, G, Paris, V, Mantel-Teeuwisse, A K, Babar, Z-U-D & Scientific Programme Committee of the 2015 PPRI Conference 2016, 'Pharmaceutical policies in a crisis? Challenges and solutions identified at the PPRI Conference', Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, vol. 9, 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-016-0056-8