Glossary
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Preparations obtained by subjecting herbal substances to treatments such as extraction, distillation, expression, fractionation, purification,…
A commonly used measure of market concentration to inform about the level of competition in a market. Last update: 4 June 2025Source: PPRI,…
The systematic identification of health technologies that are new, emerging or becoming obsolete and that have the potential to effect health, health…
One variant of a reimbursement list which is applied in the inpatient sector and includes medicines that may be prescribed and administrated by…
Health care professional who provides services to patients and health care professionals in a hospital, usually in a hospital pharmacy.
In German:…
A pharmacy affiliated to a hospital which primarily serves to provide pharmaceutical services for inpatients.
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The price or amount paid by a purchaser in the hospital setting (e.g. a hospital pharmacy) in order to take delivery of certain unit of medicines.…
The hospital purchasing body is responsible for buying medicines used in their hospital(s) via direct negotiations with medicine companies or the…
Pharmaceuticals that may exclusively be administered in hospitals.
In German: Krankenhausexklusve Arzneimittel
Arzneimittel, die ausschließlich…
1. Any active ingredient or combination of active ingredients presented as having properties for treating or preventing disease in human beings.
2.…
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Health care setting where patients are formally admitted (“hospitalised”) to an institution for treatment and/or care and stays for a minimum of one…
Pricing the same medicine differently based on the indication in which it is being used.
Different variants for implementation have been proposed (e.…
Informal payments are payments to health care professionals in cash or in kind made outside official remuneration for these services by third party…
An interchangeable pharmaceutical product is one which is therapeutically equivalent to a comparator product and can be interchanged with the…
Interface management relates to policies, mechanisms, and measures of cooperation between the hospital and outpatient sectors, such as collaborative…
The practice of using the price(s) of identical medicines (ATC 5 level) or similar products (ATC 4 level) or therapeutically equivalent therapies in…
Requirements for prescribers (e.g. physicians) to prescribe a medicine by its INN, i.e. the active ingredient name instead of the brand name.…
Umbrella term for retailers of prescription-only medicines (POM) non-prescription medicines (NPM) that sell their products via the World Wide Web.…
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The practice of brand-name manufacturers seeking to further extend the market exclusivity periods for their medicines to maintain revenue streams.…
The price that suppliers display as the price at which they are prepared to sell their product and/or regulated by legislation. A list price is…