5.30.2012

German prices negotiated with sick funds remain confidential under AMNOG Novelle

Dear All,

as the Deutsche Apothekerzeitung reports, the prices that manufacturers negotiate with association of sick funds (GKV Spitzenverband) after the IQWIG benefit assessment will stay confidential and will not be published in the Lauer Taxe. This is the compromise that now seems to have been reached after long discussions of the AMNOG Novelle. The vfa (Verband forschender Arzneimittelhersteller) commented that confidentiality does not mean secrecy and that private insurers and importers should know about. That would be good news for the pharmaceutical industry as the negative downward pressures on prices due to international price referencing might be avoided.

Cheers
Ulf

1 comment:

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