Ebola Drugs Take Center Stage In Review Voucher Bill, But Real Value May Be Harmonization

Compliance deadline comes three months after manufacturers were required to start sending accurate, electronic product tracking data to distributors. The Healthcare Distribution Alliance said its members are ready and it does not anticipate major supply chain issues.

Only a handful programs by pharmaceutical firms are in operation so far. Some companies may be waiting to see if a broad government-facilitated DTC initiative will materialize.

IQWiG, Germany’s health technology assessment body, is making contingency plans in case key US resources it relies on for information retrieval, when conducting benefit assessments of new medicines, become unavailable.

Senior Indegene executive William Lobb talks about complexities of the direct-to-patient distribution model in the US, including potentially introducing new intermediaries into the system. Questions on MFN's feasibility and why it may be “catastrophic” to biopharma were also part of the discussion