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European authorities recognised for leading medicine regulatory oversight

European Pharmaceutical Review

The agencies holding this status have been approved and validated as compliant and committed to upholding the “highest level of regulatory standards and practices for quality, safety and efficacy of medicines and vaccines ”.

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Can gene therapies for haemophilia defend their high price tags?

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In August 2020, the agency had rejected an approval application, suggesting the company complete its Phase III Gener8-1 study and include two-year follow-up safety and efficacy data. In the EU however, two years later, the European Commission awarded a conditional marketing authorisation for Roctavian. million price tag.

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Oslo Medicines Initiative asks how to balance innovation incentivisation with security of access

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Access to medicines is “one of the most challenging policy areas in every country in the European region” – it’s time to develop a solution that works for everyone. Balancing the incentivisation of innovation against affordable access to revolutionary new medicines is an age-old conundrum in the biopharmaceutical industry.

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FDA begins review of Samsung Bioepis/Biogen’s Lucentis biosimilar

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Because Roche has never applied for Avastin to be used in wet AMD, clinics in the US have had to choose between the peace of mind offered by the regulatory process and Lucentis’ higher price tag, or the unapproved off-label formulation of Avastin at a lower price.

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RFID: The future of smart labelling?

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The pharmaceutical industry began using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in the early 2000s. Pfizer was the first to use the tech, adding RFID tags to track a Viagra (sildenafil) shipment circa 2006. Twenty years ago, the cost of implementing RFID tags and the ecosystem (software) was much more expensive than today.

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CSL doses first patient with haemophilia B gene therapy Hemgenix

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The high price tag may be hard to defend , but with lifetime treatment costs for haemophilia B reaching as high as $23m for some, the single-dose treatment could prove far more cost-effective. Despite the limited market, the price tags of haemophilia make it potentially lucrative. Haemophilia B is a rare condition.

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