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"Crazy" European Orphan Drug Pricing System Has To End

 
• By Maureen Kenny

Eurordis head Yann Le Cam outlines his vision for the future of orphan drug pricing in Europe.

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EU member states clubbing together to negotiate orphan drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. Lower costs per patient treated but member states guaranteeing immediate and full access, and therefore higher volume sales and faster return on investment. Drug prices fluctuating according to the value of the product in the market at a given time, based on data collected from real-life clinical use after marketing authorization. Differential pricing adjusted according to the number of citizens to be treated or function of GDP. Centers of excellence linked across Europe into "reference networks" where patients would go for clinical trials and treatment access, collecting this real world evidence and actively participating in value appreciation.

This is all part of the vision that Yann Le Cam, the chief executive officer of Eurordis, the European Organisation...

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