The impact of price regulation on the availability of new drugs in germany

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  • Ariel D. Stern
  • Felicitas Pietrulla
  • Annika Herr
  • Aaron S. Kesselheim
  • Ameet Sarpatwari

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  • Harvard University
  • Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1182-1187
Seitenumfang6
FachzeitschriftHealth affairs
Jahrgang38
Ausgabenummer7
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juli 2019

Abstract

The 2011 German Pharmaceutical Market Restructuring Act subjected brand-name drugs for nonrare diseases to price regulation based on an assessment of their clinical benefit. Indication-specific assessment outcomes range from major added benefit to less benefit than the appropriate comparator(s) and affect price negotiations beyond the first year on the market. Using data on drugs that entered the market in the period 2012-16, we evaluated benefit assessment findings, subsequent drug exits, and their correlates. We considered 171 drug-indication pairs, corresponding to 138 different drugs. Of these, 66 drug-indication pairs (55 different drugs) were found to have added benefit. Almost all drugs with a positive benefit assessment (98 percent) remained on the market, while drugs without a positive benefit assessment were over ten times more likely to exit (25 percent versus 2 percent). US policy makers considering how to address rapidly increasing drug costs may draw valuable lessons from the German experience.

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The impact of price regulation on the availability of new drugs in germany. / Stern, Ariel D.; Pietrulla, Felicitas; Herr, Annika et al.
in: Health affairs, Jahrgang 38, Nr. 7, 07.2019, S. 1182-1187.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Stern, AD, Pietrulla, F, Herr, A, Kesselheim, AS & Sarpatwari, A 2019, 'The impact of price regulation on the availability of new drugs in germany', Health affairs, Jg. 38, Nr. 7, S. 1182-1187. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05142
Stern, A. D., Pietrulla, F., Herr, A., Kesselheim, A. S., & Sarpatwari, A. (2019). The impact of price regulation on the availability of new drugs in germany. Health affairs, 38(7), 1182-1187. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05142
Stern AD, Pietrulla F, Herr A, Kesselheim AS, Sarpatwari A. The impact of price regulation on the availability of new drugs in germany. Health affairs. 2019 Jul;38(7):1182-1187. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05142
Stern, Ariel D. ; Pietrulla, Felicitas ; Herr, Annika et al. / The impact of price regulation on the availability of new drugs in germany. in: Health affairs. 2019 ; Jahrgang 38, Nr. 7. S. 1182-1187.
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