Access and availability: Why are Europeans finding it hard to get the new medicines they need?

27 July 2023 - Patients are struggling to get hold of the new medicines they desperately need and ask what ...

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"Last hope": Eager Germans are prepared to pay for weight loss drug

25 July 2023 - Frustrated after countless failed diet and exercise attempts, 41 year old Jessica Lenth from Hamburg has ...

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Availability of new medicines in the US and Germany (2004 - 2018)

30 August 2022 - In this cohort study comparing 599 medicine approvals in the US and Germany between 2004 and 2018, ...

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Bluebird Bio has serious cash flow concerns; inability to strike reimbursement deals in Europe partly to blame

3 April 2022 - Bluebird bio is a highly innovative biotechnology company which develops gene therapies for several rare genetic ...

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Mylan, Lupin launch etanercept biosimilar in Germany

26 August 2020 - The launch marks the first European market entry for Nepexto. ...

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Germany first in EU to get Novartis’ SMA gene therapy, costing almost 2 million euros

24 June 2020 - Novartis is set to launch its one-off gene therapy Zolgensma for the ultra-rare muscle-wasting disease spinal ...

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Report calls for European funding reform for gene therapies

8 July 2019 - New payment models, dedicated investment, and better health technology assessment are among a raft of changes ...

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A breakthrough cancer drug has been approved. Now comes the battle over the price.

12 Septemner 2018 - Novartis' breakthrough cancer drug Kymriah has been approved in Europe. Now comes the debate about its ...

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Vertex announces German reimbursement agreement for Orkambi (lumacaftor with ivacaftor), the first medicine to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis in people ages 12 and older with two copies of the F508del mutation

19 December 2016 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals today announced it has reached a pricing and reimbursement agreement for Orkambi (lumacaftor with ...

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