PHP22 Are Hospital Medicines Prices Influenced by Discounts and Rebates?

Discounts and Rebates Granted for Medicines for Hospital Use in Five European Countries

Objective: The study aimed to survey price reductions such as discounts and rebates granted for medicines used

Discounts and rebates granted to public payers for medicines in European countries

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to provide an overview about the existence and types of discounts and rebates granted to public payers by the pharmaceutical industry in European countries. METHODS Data were collected via a questionnaire in spring 2011. Officials from public authorities for pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement represented in the PPRI (Pharmaceutical Pricing and R...

Impact of discounts on medicine prices

Problem statement Several European countries implemented external price referencing (EPR) as a pricing policy for medicines, and as such they use price data from other countries as a benchmark to determine their medicine prices. In current EPR practice undiscounted official list prices are taken as a reference. There is some debate as to which extent discounts have an impact on medicine prices....

Medicines Prices and Malaysia—Untangling the Medicines Web

P harmaceuticals make a major to contribution to health. However, as noted by Ess et al., in Europe over the last 20 years, expenditure on pharmaceuticals has grown faster than the gross national product, and Wagner and McCarthy described the problem in low-income countries where " the vast majority are unwilling to pay for effective drugs simply because they are unable to pay " [1,2]. Up until...

Report on the Analysis of Loyalty Discounts and Rebates Under Unilateral Conduct Laws