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Italy ponders suing Pfizer for delays in coronavirus vaccine
21 January 2021 - Italy's coronavirus commissioner is pressing ahead with plans to take legal action against Pfizer after the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2020
Quality of health economic evaluations submitted to the Italian Medicines Agency: current state and future actions
10 September 2020 - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current state of health economic evaluations submitted by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2020
Italy becomes first country to require pharma to disclose public funding for R&D costs
6 August 2020 - Amid growing clamour for more transparency from the pharmaceutical industry, Italy has become the first country ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2020
Akcea announces approval for reimbursement of Tegsedi (inotersen) in Italy for treatment of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy
8 June 2020 - Tegsedi is the first antisense oligonucleotide medicine available to hATTR patients with polyneuropathy in Italy for at-home ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Nov 2019
Using GRADE methodology to assess innovation of new medicinal products in Italy
25 November 2019 - In April 2017 the Italian Medicine Agency developed new criteria to grant any new medicinal product with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2019
Clovis Oncology announces reimbursement for Rubraca (rucaparib) tablets for women with relapsed ovarian cancer in Italy
13 November 2019 - Rucaparib now reimbursed in several countries in Europe with additional countries to follow in 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2019
Why the Italian health minister is pushing for global transparency on drug pricing
12 March 2019 - Last month, the Italian government asked the World Health Assembly to adopt a resolution to require drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2018
Italy serves cautionary lesson for new Trump drug plan
17 April 2018 - The Trump administration is pushing drug plans that tie costs to performance as a way to lower ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2018
Italy continues protest against EMA move to Amsterdam
23 February 2018 - The Italian protest against the relocation of the EMA from London to Amsterdam continued during a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2018
Post-Brexit destination of EU medicines regulator thrown into doubt as Italy launches appeal
1 February 2018 - The final destination of the EMA after Brexit was on Wednesday thrown back into question after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2018
Italy fights back against EU: Milan's bid to scupper EMA move to Amsterdam
15 January 2018 - Italy has launched a desperate last-minute bid to scupper the move of a key agency to Amsterdam ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2016
Aspen fined over huge price hikes
19 October 2016 - Company found to have overcharged for older-generation cancer drugs in Italy ...