Glossary
P
Instruments, tools and approaches that allow policy makers to achieve defined objectives. Examples for pharmaceutical policy measures are price cuts…
A person or institution that is involved in policy development and formulation (e.g. national governments, public authorities).
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The administration of many medicines at the same time or the administration of an excessive number of medicines.
Last update: 26 June 2023
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A medication which contains a combination of multiple active ingredients. Originally the term was created to aim at prevention of cardiovascular…
Specific population groups (e.g. children, old-age pensioners) are eligible for medicines, while others are not.
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One variant of a reimbursement list which includes medicines may be prescribed at the expense of a third party payer (public payer). See also:…
Policies undertaken after the launch of a medicine on the market. Related to the entry of new medicines, post-launch activities include monitoring…
Policies undertaken before the launch of a medicine on the market. This includes the review of the potential specific clinical and treatment…
Requirement to physicians and further prescribers to achieve defined thresholds in prescribing, typically determined shares of generic and biosimilar…
An instruction written by a physician that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment
In German: Verordnung / Verschreibung…
One variant of a patient co-payment for a medicine in the form of a fixed amount for each prescription item dispensed on the expense of a third party…
Instructions to physicians and further prescribers to ensure responsible prescribing of medicines (i.e. to ensure that the right medicine in the…
Review of prescribing practices of physicians.
In German: Monitoring von Verordnungen / Verschreibungen
Kontrolle des ärztlichen…
Category that defines if a medicine is subject to medical prescription issued by a health professional permitted to prescribe (prescription-only…
Medicine that can be dispensed only on a health professional prescription.
In German: Rezeptpflichtiges Arzneimittel /verordnungspflichtiges…
Umbrella term for a facility that is allowed to dispense prescription-only medicines to outpatients, e.g. community pharmacy, dispensing doctor.…
Value component of pharmaceutical expenditure. Typically, it is indicated per pack, but it can also refer to items in a pack or to standard units. It…
A medicine price analysis aims to interpret medicine price data. It can address specific therapeutic groups of medicines, different types of prices (…
A cost-containment measure which fixes ex-ante the maximum price of medicine, e.g. taking into consideration inflation rates and production cost.…
A cross-country (or cross-national) medicine price comparison aims to survey and analyse data on medicine prices in more than one country. Within a…