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A form of arbitrage in which medicine are purchased in one country, typically where income levels are relatively low, and sold into other countries,…
Products to treat or alleviate a disease which do not correspond to the legal definition of a medicine.
Synonym: Parapharmaceutical
In German: Para-…
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state (national government) to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in…
After a defined period of time the patent is no longer valid and subsequent medicines (i.e. generics, biosimilar) may come on the market.
Last…
Collections of secondary (clinical) data on diagnosis, follow-up and treatment related to patients with a specific diagnosis, condition, or procedure…
A financial mechanism that requires manufacturers, or other health care stakeholders, to refund a part of their revenue to a payer (i.e. third party…
One variant of a co-payment requiring the patient to cost-share in the form of a set proportion of the price of medicine, other health product or a…
Agreement between a payer and a pharmaceutical, device or diagnostic manufacturer where the price level and/or revenue received is related to the…
Schemes between healthcare payers and medical product manufacturers in which the price, level, or nature of reimbursement are tied to future measures…
Schemes where the reimbursement level for covered products is tied to the measure of clinical outcomes in the real world.
See also: Managed entry…
Policies undertaken around the launch of a medicine on the market. Related to the entry of new medicines, this might be specific arrangements (e.g.…
A Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee is assigned to develop a list of medicines (hospital pharmaceutical formulary) that is authorised for…
A pharmaceutical policy in which the maximum amount of money to be spent on medicines during a period of time is defined ex ante. Pharmaceutical…
The pharmacologist/pharmacist’s contribution to the care of individuals in order to optimise medicines use and improve health outcomes.
In German: „…
A unit within a hospital for the internal supply of the hospital with medicines. It usually has fewer tasks, competences and responsibilities than a…
Medicines are pharmaceutically equivalent if they contain the same amount of the same active substance(s) in the same dosage forms that meet the same…
Total expenditure on pharmaceutical and other medical nondurables. This comprises medicinal preparations, branded and generic medicines, on-patent…
Way in which a medicine is presented, e.g. a film coated tablet, an ointment, a vial, a spray.
Synonyms: dosage form, dose form
In German:…
All kind of information and promotion activities to consumers, doctors or pharmacists that provide incentives with the aim of influence prescription…
Service of supplying the population with medicines.
Last update: 26 June 2023
Source: PPRI