
Every three years the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) reviews the reimbursement conditions and, more specifically, the prices of the medicines in the list of specialities covered by the compulsory health insurance (OKP). The medicines are split into three equal groups, containing…
Today Global Pricing Innovations (GPI) reports that it has validated an analytical method for forecasting new drug price potential during early stage development, opening a pathway to digital transformation for teams engaged in pricing and market access. GPI has successfully forecasted prices…


Luxturna (voretigen neparvovec), a gene therapy developed by Novartis, received ‘considerable added benefit’ from G-BA, the German health technology assessment. Luxturna is a one-off treatment for vision loss in adults and children, caused by retinal dystrophy from mutations in both copies of…
BeNeLuxA collaboration is a joint initiative on drug pricing and reimbursement between the governments of Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria and Ireland, with the aim of giving smaller countries greater negotiating power in discussing drug pricing with international drug firms. The group was…


Only recently did FDA approve Zolgensma® (by AveXis, a Novartis company), a gene therapy costing 2.1$ million, making it the most expensive medicine in the history of pharma. Zolgensma®’s most compelling feature is that it is a ‘one-off’ treatment. It utilises a…
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The retail prices of Pfizer’s leukaemia drug Bosulif (bosutinib) were cut by 13% in Germany on 1 June. This is likely a result of recent price negotiations with GKV-Spitzenverband payer group. Per AMNOG procedure, the negotiations were triggered by Bosulif losing its…
New pharmaceutical pricing rules were approved this past April in Kazakhstan. The new price control measures extended their scope from medicines within the state procurement system to pharmaceutical products sold in private marketing channels, such as in wholesale and pharmacies. In addition,…


Popat Bankar Business Analyst Joined GPI Mumbai in January 2017 Up this week in our Employee Spotlight Series is our Business Analyst – Popat Bankar. Popat is apart of our fantastic team of analysts based in our office out in Mumbai. Popat sat…