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Make medicines affordable - without going to court
11 July 2023 - Governments can and must take control to prevent extreme drug prices. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2023
Dutch Ministry Of Health will not reimburse Gilead’s breast cancer drug, Trodelvy
1 May 2023 - Last month, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) announced that it will not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2022
Anti-viral COVID-19 treatment now available in the Netherlands for 1,250 Euros
1 December 2022 - The anti-viral medication approved to treat COVID-19 is now available on the Dutch market, the Dutch Association ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2022
High demand of popular obesity drug Saxenda; may be going to "wrong" patients
26 November 2022 - Since April of this year there has been a high demand for the obesity drug Saxenda, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2022
Amryt receives reimbursement approval from the Dutch Ministry of Health for Myalepta (metreleptin)
17 October 2022 - Amryt receives reimbursement approval from the Dutch Ministry of Health for Myalepta (metreleptin). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2021
Patients in the Netherlands wait 1.5 years for access to new medicines
2 September 2021 - Patients in the Netherlands have to wait an average of 510 days for access to a new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2021
Hansa Biopharma announces reimbursement in the Netherlands of Idefirix (imlifidase) as desensitisation treatment for highly sensitised kidney transplant patients
2 August 2021 - Idefiris (imlifidase) for enabling kidney transplantation in highly sensitised patients is now reimbursable and available for use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2021
Dutch advisory group says Zolgensma shouldn’t be covered unless Novartis halves price
10 May 2021 - In a challenge to Novartis, a Dutch advisory body has recommended that the government not cover ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2021
World’s most expensive drug may not be covered by Dutch insurance
7 May 2021 - A drug to treat a rare muscle disease which affects some 20 children in the Netherlands ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2020
Celltrion’s Remsima SC launches in Netherlands
7 May 2020 - Subcutaneous rheumatoid arthritis treatment Remsima SC launched in the Netherlands, its third European market, Celltrion Healthcare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2019
Conditional financing of drugs in the Netherlands: past, present, and future—results from stakeholder interviews
8 April 2019 - It is long known that managed entry agreements may offer decision makers valuable policy options to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2019
AbbVie's massive Humira discounts are stifling Netherlands biosimilars
2 April 2019 - Could a drug's price ever be too low? That’s what some market-watchers are asking in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2018
Better together when buying medicines? Taking stock of the BeNeLuxA initiative
11 December 2018 - With Ireland being the latest to join in June 2018, there is clearly interest in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2017
Cystic fibrosis patients may take state to court over medicine funding
18 October 2017 - A lobby group for people suffering from cystic fibrosis is considering taking legal action against the ...