German insurers win discounts on Gilead's Sovaldi

U.S. biotechnology company Gilead has conceded its first discounts in Germany on its key hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni, German business weekly WirtschaftsWoche ...

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Enzalutamide: indication of major added benefit for over 75-year-olds

Enzalutamide (trade name: Xtandi) has been approved since December 2014 for men who have metastatic prostate cancer that is not ...

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Dabrafenib in melanoma: added benefit not proven

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Radium Ra223 dichloride in prostate cancer: major added benefit for certain patients

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Clinical studies: Broad definition of commercially confidential information endangers transparency

In April 2014 the EU Parliament and Council commissioned the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to establish a publicly accessible database ...

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Eisai resubmits Fycompa to German Federal Joint Committee for additional benefit assessment

Eisai announced today that its German sales company Eisai GmbH has resubmitted its first-in-class anti-epilepsy drug Fycompa (perampanel) to the German Federal ...

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Added benefit of saxagliptin hydrochloride as monotherapy is not proven

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IQWiG: internationally health economic evaluations are a fixed component of reimbursement decisions

Internationally health economic evaluations (HEEs) form a legally regulated fixed component in health-care decisions. This applies particularly to the drug ...

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Novo Nordisk to cease distribution of Tresiba in Germany

1 July 2015 - Novo Nordisk today announced that the company has decided to cease distribution of its once-daily basal insulin ...

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Statement regarding the German Federal Joint Committee’s decision on anti-epileptic drug Fycompa

Eisai Co., Ltd.  announced today that the German Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has determined no additional benefit for its in-house ...

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Only 3 in 20 new drugs approved in Germany in 2011 were an improvement, report says

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No added benefit with lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Elvanse) due to an absence of relevant evidence

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Additional benefit of sucroferric oxyhydroxide is not occupied

Sucroferric oxyhydroxide (trade name Velphoro) has been available since August 2014 for use by adults with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis or peritoneal ...

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Added benefit of the fixed combination of dapagliflozin and metformin is not proven

The fixed combination of the drugs dapagliflozin and metformin (Xigduo) has been approved since January 2014 for adults with type ...

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G-BA finds that Constella (linaclotide) provides no added benefit as a treatment for adults with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C)

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