Delayed Medicines To Hit Irish Market, But Uncertainty Remains For Future

Nine new approved treatments that have faced delays in getting to Irish patients should hit the market this year, says the Health Service Executive. The innovative pharmaceutical industry welcomes the move but is calling for clear political direction on future processes.

Pill capsule and Irish flag — Ireland Makes Nine Drugs Available To Patients After Delays • Source: Shutterstock

Ireland’s Health Services Executive has agreed to fund nine medicines that have faced long delays in getting to patients. While Irish pharmaceutical industry association IPHA has welcomed the move, it has slammed the “dysfunctional process” that led to the delays and warned that “lessons must be learned”.

The HSE said in a July 28 statement that it received a letter from Irelands’ Department of Health “in which...