Francesca writes about a broad range of policy and regulatory topics, including intellectual property rights. However, her main areas of expertise are pricing and reimbursement and how medicines may or may not make it to patients. She writes about developments in Europe and is also expanding coverage in emerging markets, including Latin America and the Middle East. Francesca writes for Pink Sheet, Scrip and In Vivo.
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Vital discussions are ongoing over which medicines containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances should be exempt from forthcoming wide-reaching EU restrictions on these substances.
Advanz Pharma, the company that markets Ocaliva for primary biliary cholangitis in the EU, will continue to supply the drug on a compassionate use or named patient basis.
As mandated by the recent Pharmacare Act in Canada, a new committee will make recommendations on how Canada can provide universal drug coverage to it citizens.
The roadmap sets out eight steps to help registry teams link data from registry records with administrative health services data.
European cross-border HTA collaborations have much to learn from each other to keep drug prices from rising unfairly, say Nordic health technology assessment experts. Talks on HTA collaborations outside Europe are also underway.
European cross-country HTA collaborations have much to learn from each other to keep prices from rising unfairly, Nordic health technology assessment experts say, adding that talks on collaboration are also ongoing with HTA bodies outside the continent.