Advanced Therapies: Payment Revolution Must Accompany Industrial Revolution In Europe

The advanced therapies sector is undergoing something of an industrial revolution, but access issues for products coming to market remain, says Miguel Forte, CEO of Bone Therapeutics. However, there are opportunities to create a better environment for the sector, including regulatory change and more harmonization of HTA processes.

An Industrial Revolution is taking place in the advanced therapies space • Source: Shutterstock

The industrial revolution in the advanced therapies space is continuing at a fast pace, but to ensure access to such medicines, it needs to be accompanied by a “payment revolution,” says Miguel Forte, CEO of Bone Therapeutics SA.

In an interview with the Pink Sheet, Forte also outlined some opportunities that regulatory change could bring, including the recent...

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