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Management of medicine stocks in a hospital or any other step of a delivery chain.
Good distribution practices suggest the following principles for…
The storing of pharmaceutical products up to the point of use.
Last update: 30 June 2023
Source: WHO, updated by PPRI
Implementing delinkage of price from volume, through granting a predefined fixed award to suppliers in return for the supply of medicines.Synonyms:…
An intellectual property right that serve as an extension to a patent right.Last update: 20 May 2025Source: European Commission 2025
SPC gives original products a complementary period of market exclusivity beyond patent expiry to compensate for delays of marketing in the…
Persons or company providing medicines on request. Suppliers include manufacturers, distribution actors and (parallel) traders.
Last update: 30 June…
Schedule of quantities of a product (good/service) that potential sellers are willing and able to sell at a given price during a certain period and…
Policies that are applied by governments (e.g. public authorities and public payers in the healthcare system) to control prices and/or profit, manage…
A biomarker that is intended to substitute for a clinical endpoint. A surrogate endpoint is expected to predict clinical benefit (or harm or lack of…
The capacity to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability to meet future needs.
Last update: 30 June 2023
Source: WHO, updated…
Two meanings: Reclassification done by a regulatory authority of a prescription-only medicine (POM) to a non-prescription medicine (NPM). …
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A compulsory transfer of money from private individuals, institutions or groups to the government.
It may be levied upon wealth or income (direct…
Any formal and competitive procurement procedure through which tenders (offers) are requested, received and evaluated for the procurement of goods,…
Pricing and procurement policies which include competitive components (e.g., tenders for medicines of the same active ingredient and selection of one…
The effect conveyed on a patient following administration of a pharmaceutical which either restores, corrects or modifies a physiological function(s…
Two pharmaceutical products are considered to be therapeutically equivalent if they are pharmaceutically equivalent or pharmaceutical alternatives…
Group of medicinal products according to their indications of use.
Last update: 30 June 2023
Source: PPRI
The practice of using the price(s) of similar products (ATC 4 level) or with therapeutical equivalent treatment (not necessarily a medicine) in a…
Public or private organisation that pays or insures health or medical expenses on behalf of beneficiaries or recipients.
Recipients pay a premium for…
Traceability is the ability to track forward the movement through specified stage(s) of the extended supply chain and trace backward the history,…