Glossary
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Prescription of a medicine or medical device outside its licensed indication, to treat a condition or disease for which it has not been specially…
A medicine gets off-patent once the right of making, using and selling an invention protected by a grant for a set period of time expires. Cf.…
Any medicine which is prepared in a pharmacy in accordance with the prescriptions of a pharmacopoeia and is intended to be supplied directly to the…
A branded medicine protected by a grant for a set period of time allowing the manufacturer the sole right to make, use and sell that medicine. Cf.…
Coverage conditional on individual participation in research (i.e. only patients participating in the scientific study are covered). Cf. managed…
Coverage conditional on a scheme to conduct a study that informs the use of the medical product in the payer patient population. Cf. managed entry…
The first version of a medicine that contains one or more on-patent active substances, developed by a pharmaceutical company which has exclusive…
A pharmaceutical for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a life-threatening or chronic condition that is rare (defined in the European Uion as…
The expenses of a person for medical care or medicines that are not covered by reimbursement of a third party payer – often for a defined period (e.g…
An out-patient is not formally admitted to the facility (e.g. physician’s private office) and does not stay overnight. An out-patient is thus a…
Health care setting where patients are not admitted to hospitals. Synonyms: ambulatory sector, community sector, community pharmacy sector, in…
Out-patient clinics offer facilities for the out-patient treatment of a patient except hospital out-patient departments or doctors' offices e.g.…
Out-patient departments are specialised and/or general units that may be located within all kinds of hospitals, which, however, serve out-patients.…
The type of the health care sector in which out-patient care is provided, in contrast to the hospital (in-patient sector). Cf. out-patient care
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An agreement where the manufacturer provides rebates, refunds, or price adjustments if the product fails to meet the agreed outcome target. See also…
If a physician prescribes more medicines than physicians whose prescription pattern is believed to be comparable (e.g. with a patient of similar…
A pharmaceutical which may be dispensed without a prescription. In some countries they are available via self-service in pharmacies and/or other…
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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…