Evaluation Of Medicines For Reimbursement By The National Social Insurance Institutions In Austria

The first step ("pharmacological evaluation") classifies the product according to its degree of innovation in eight categories, from product with the same active ingredient to product that allows for treatment of a disease for the first time; in addition, based on the drug's mechanism...

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Published inClinical therapeutics Vol. 38; no. 10; p. e14
Main Authors Griesbacher, T, Sauermann, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Limited 01.10.2016
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Internal Medicine
Medical Education
Prescription drugs
Public health
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Summary:The first step ("pharmacological evaluation") classifies the product according to its degree of innovation in eight categories, from product with the same active ingredient to product that allows for treatment of a disease for the first time; in addition, based on the drug's mechanism of action and the indication, the "therapeutic alternatives," which are already reimbursed and are pharmacologically most similar to the drug, are determined.
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ISSN:0149-2918
1879-114X
DOI:10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.07.118