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Cost effectiveness analysis in Japan – What’s changed?
Despite the fact that CEAs are currently focused on listed products, if cost-effectiveness takes more of a prominent role in the HTA process at launch this could result in potential new challenges for pricing and market access in Japan.
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Germany’s HTA Process Changes
In July, the Health Ministry in Germany published a draft of a new bill referred to as the Act for Financial Stability of the Public Health Insurance (GKV-FinStG). Despite strong opposition and critique raised by almost all stakeholders, the draft law was agreed upon by the Federal Cabinet on July 27th.
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The important role of Market Access
How has the role of Access within the life science sector changed? How has this altered the capabilities needed to succeed?
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The current state of the Market Access in Ireland
Individuals who take out private health insurance has increased in Ireland from 21% in 2008 to roughly 40% in 2022. How does this drastic shift to private healthcare reflect the government’s lack of funding towards new, more expensive treatments that have greater clinical efficacy?