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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals provides update on Accès Compassionnel for AMX0035 in France
5 October 2023 - L’Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), the national authority for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2023
Do France, Germany, and Italy agree on the added therapeutic value of medicines?
17 August 2023 - The Health Technology Assessment of medicines is performed separately at the country level with some differences, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2023
Santhera concludes agreement with French authorities on Raxone reimbursement and plans to submit a request for an early access program for vamorolone
8 February 2023 - Santhera Pharmaceuticals announces that it has secured a final reimbursement agreement with the French authorities related to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2022
Reimbursed access to Bylvay (odevixibat) approved in France for patients with PFIC 1 & 2
30 November 2022 - Albireo Pharma today announced that the Committee Economic Health Products has approved reimbursed access to Bylvay (odevixibat) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2022
HAS clarifies the framework for use of Xevudy
29 April 2022 - After authorising early access to Xevudy (sotrovimab) as a curative treatment for COVID-19 on 6 January, HAS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2022
HAS decides in favour of reimbursement of Paxlovid
25 April 2022 - After authorising early access to Paxlovid for the treatment of COVID-19 on January 22, HAS assessed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2022
Hansa Biopharma granted added benefit ASMR 3 by French Transparency Commission for Idefirix (imlifidase) as desensitisation treatment for highly sensitised kidney transplant patients
20 April 2022 - The opinion by the Transparency Commission follows after Idefirix was granted a funded Early Access Program by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2022
Europe’s new HTA system spurs more debate, concern
12 April 2022 - Fresh round of discussions around health technology assessment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2022
Cystic fibrosis: early access granted to the Kaftrio/Kalydeco combination
29 March 2022 - The High Authority for Health has authorised early access to a first treatment for children aged 6 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2022
COVID-19: early access granted to Paxlovid as a curative treatment
21 January 2022 - In the context of very high circulation of SARS-CoV-2, the High Authority for Health (HAS) and the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2021
Competition from biosimilars drives price reductions for biologics in the French single payer health system
6 August 2021 - France has a single payer health insurance system that has the authority to impose pharmaceutical price reductions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2021
Europe tries to lower drug prices with small doses of transparency
13 April 2021 - For countries in Europe, negotiating a deal with a pharma company over drug prices is the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2021
The contribution of French patient and consumer groups to health technology assessments over a 2 year period: an observational retrospective study
22 March 2021 - In 2017, The French National Authority for Health created an open, online, systematic contribution process to enable ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2020
Transparency Commission publishes its opinion on Veklury
17 September 2020 - Gilead withdrew its request for the reimbursement of remdesivir in France on 31 August 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jan 2020
France removes state funding for dementia drugs
17 January 2020 - The first country in Europe to act on concerns over limited effectiveness. ...