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Numerous G-BA decisions on new medicines - five active substances with considerable added value
22 March 2019 - On Friday in Berlin, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) made numerous decisions on the extent of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2019
Methodological problems in the method used by IQWiG within early benefit assessment of new pharmaceuticals in Germany
5 March 2019 - The decision matrix applied by the IQWiG for the quantification of added benefit within the early benefit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Feb 2019
Germany agrees on new pharmaceutical bill
13 February 2019 - On 30 January, the German government has agreed on a draft Act for more safety in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Feb 2019
Erenumab in migraine: indication of a significant added benefit for certain patients
2 February 2019 - As a prophylaxis successful when other drug therapies are exhausted. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2019
Progressive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: pembrolizumab prolongs survival
15 January 2019 - Only a few study participants were treated in compliance with the approval, therefore the extent of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2019
EU Health Technology Assessment needs to move up a gear, says pressure group
9 January 2019 - The European Alliance for Personalised Medicine says it may seem to everyone that the whole debate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2019
2018 in a nutshell: new edition with facts and graphics from the IQWiG
9 January 2019 - The focus of the 33-page brochure is information, overviews and charts on "Health Technology Assessment (HTA) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2018
AMNOG as a learning system: new study on ingenol mebutate in actinic keratosis shows added benefit
3 December 2018 - Advantage over diclofenac in complete clearance of visible lesions / unclear sustainability of treatment effect ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2018
Underuse of innovative medicines in Germany: A justification for government intervention?
6 December 2018 - The German market for innovative medicines is characterised by simultaneous underuse and overuse. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2018
German health minister calls for faster adoption of biosimilar drugs
14 November 2018 - Germany’s health minister Jens Spahn has called for faster adoption of cheaper copies of biotech drugs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2018
Fighting for a streamlined European HTA scheme
6 November 2018 - Anyone wanting a bird’s-eye view of the political operating context for the European pharmaceutical industry need ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2018
Pharmaceutical pricing conundrum: time to get rid of it?
21 October 2018 - A basic concept of economics is that a price stems from the intersection between supply and demand ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2018
Is the EUnetHTA HTA core model fit for purpose? Evaluation from an industry perspective
18 October 2018 - The HTA Core Model was developed to improve the transferability of health technology assessment between settings. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
New drugs: how much are governments paying for innovation?
10 October 2018 - The medical innovation debate is also heated up due to the ongoing discussion on Health Technology Assessments. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2018
Pertuzumab in early breast cancer: no proof of an additional benefit despite exemplary surrogate validation
1 October 2018 - Effect on disease-free survival too small to conclude on overall survival. ...