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Orphan drugs and where to launch them: The keys to Europe’s forgotten territories

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Centralised incentives are also in place across Europe, as well as at the national level in some EU states. Due to the high price tags associated with these speciality medicines, innovators have naturally favoured big markets with high GDP such as the US and EU-5 (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK).

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Can gene therapies for haemophilia defend their high price tags?

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In the EU however, two years later, the European Commission awarded a conditional marketing authorisation for Roctavian. Reimbursement has been a major obstacle in the EU for expensive gene therapies, including bluebird bio’s beta-thalassemia therapy Zynteglo. million price tag. million ($1.5 million ($1.8 million at the time).

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Cannabinoids receptors: popular preclinical target but banned in 137 countries

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Collectively, cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) are currently the most popular targets in preclinical stage of development, with 391 drugs tagged in total. In most EU and Commonwealth countries, including the UK, New Zealand and Australia, cannabinoids are legal for medical use.

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Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies in Healthcare

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Examples of such technologies include DNA Taggants (a unique DNA tag used in the product / packaging that can be scanned using a designated instrument / equipment), invisible printing technologies, digital watermark technologies and hidden markers / print technologies.

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Immunocore gets EU nod for TCR cancer therapy Kimmtrak

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It’s the first treatment for mUM in the EU, as well as the first BiTE drug to treat a solid tumour. The post Immunocore gets EU nod for TCR cancer therapy Kimmtrak appeared first on. Uveal melanoma is a rare cancer of the eye, which in the majority of patients is localised. ” Image by Pexels from Pixabay .

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NICE reaches a deal with Roche on access to oral SMA drug Evrysdi

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Evrysdi was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in May, a couple of months after the drug also got a green light in the EU. million price tag make it is the most expensive treatment ever approved for NHS funding.

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Drug-resistant epilepsy drug Ontozry backed by NICE

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“We look forward to the full technology appraisal guidance (TAG) which is due to be published in early December 2021,” he added. The drug was eventually cleared in the EU in April, with the UK giving it a green light in June.

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