Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2017
Exploring opportunities for collaboration between regulators and health care payers
27 September 2017 - EMA and health care payer organisations held joint meeting on 19 September
The EMA and European Union health care payers met for the first time on 19 September 2017 at EMA’s offices in London to explore synergies and foster mutual understanding and cooperation to help improve timely and affordable access of patients to new medicinal products. The meeting aimed to be complementary to EMA’s existing cooperation with health technology assessment (HTA) bodies and especially with EUnetHTA.
EMA and representatives from the Association Internationale de la Mutualité, an association of mutuals and other non-profit healthcare payers, the European Social Insurance Platform, the Medicine Evaluation Committee and the multi-stakeholder platform Mechanism of Coordinated Access to Orphan Medicinal Products discussed how their cooperation can contribute to boosting sustainable access to medicines for EU citizens.
