Germany May Make Drug Prices Confidential In AMNOG Update

Under forthcoming changes to the law, companies could gain confidential pricing in Germany, which could make it easier to defend a higher price in other countries. But sponsor of some orphan products may face a rockier path to market.

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Price transparency in Germany, which has had a knock on effect on prices elsewhere in the world thanks to global reference pricing, could soon be no more thanks to expected changes to the AMNOG law.

AMNOG regulates the nation's drug pricing and reimbursement system and changes are to be detailed in a first draft of a new bill that could be published by the end...

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